Exposure to possible asbestos

I live in a Victorian house. It had only just come to me yesterday we have artex ceilings in the hallway and on tne landing. We had a loft conversion 5 months ago. A section on the ceiling was cut away for the new staircase. I was out. Dust contained etc by builders. Windows opened.  Returned a few hours later. Did hoover and sweep the new stairs and bits of plaster. Carpet was protected by plastic. As we never had the artex tested worried about asbestos exposure. Any thoughts? 

  • Hi Jfluff,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. Typically it is only prolonged exposure over time that has the potential to cause issues. It sounds like both the builders and yourself were very careful in dealing with this.

    There are other discussions on this topic, so it's worth having a search (using the bar at the top of the page) if you haven't already, to get some further information.

    There is also some guidance here in case this is useful.

    All the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator