Hi, [@Jak99]‍ 

I recently came across this forum while searching for how to deal with asbestos exposure. I am currently doing a home renovation and my builder sawed into our artex ceiling to fit in gallows bracket to support the chimney breast after chimney removal and the asbestos test has come back positive. Can I pm you pls @jak99, my daughter's room is above this ceiling and we are living in the house while the work is being done.

Hi, a year ago i did some house rennovations and took down 5 ceilings containing artex and considered it to be heavy exposure as i couldnt see the othe side off the room this was 2 days work. I just have bad anxiety and im worried that it was heavy exposure. I was wearing a mask to do the job, but because at the time i had no idea artex was even a thing, the mask came off when i got sweaty and when i was just bagging and sweeping up i was also not wearing the mask. Which is why im very worried this was heavy exposure. Thanks. I know alot has been said already just looking threw the forum, which does reassure me somewhat. However 5 ceilings completley revoved created an incredible amount of dust and have been worried since i discovered what artex contained. Thanks 

HI [@Jak99]‍ , I have been worrying sick about this too. I scraped a small 1 square metre of the swirl artex and didn't have it tested. Had no idea it could even contain asbestos. There should warnings given out. However your words from the experts are very comforting. I had managed to get it out of my headfor years after it happened but something has recently gotme worrying about it again. I am guessing that the level of activitiy with the Artex has been far too minimal and as you say you need to have prolonged exposure or massive quantities. Thanks so much for posting this you are an angel.... googling is awful. 

I did figure that asbestos companies need fear to drive business so I can understand their tone and why they push for this. Thanks Jak99

Hi Jak99, would you mind if I contacted you directly to chat about your post above - our builders have just knocked out our artex ceilings in the dining room and kitchen but we're now being told that neighbours' ceilings have tested positive for asbestos and we're still living here in all the dust with two kids! Have had an awful day worrying about it all and builder is very casual about it and says he can tell the artex is just paint but Google searches argue that you can only be 100% sure it's not asbestos if it's tested!

Thank you so much in advance

Hi I'm very new here , discovered this forum weeks ago and my mind was put at rest with some of the posts explaining the overall dangers of accidental exposure are minimal so I was happy with that . I'm with a housing association and after a flood that caused my kitchen ceiling to cave in asbestos was disturbed . This was back in December! Only now have the arranged a "specialist" to come out and remove the rest of the ceiling and asbestos- this was today and I've just come home to dust and minimal debris in my kitchen cupboards, this then got me thinking that they may not indeed be professional specialists as surely they should have cleaned up properly ? My main question is should a company leave paperwork to say that they have tested the air after a job like this ? There was no paperwork left . I'm currently waiting on the out of hours repair team phoning me back to see if they can shed any light on wether or not an air test was carried out . I have my little girl and dog to worry about as well as myself . There's no carpet in my bedroom which is directly above the kitchen and there's habs in the floorboard so my main worry is sleeping in that bedroom tonight! I don't see any dust in my bedroom . Can anyone shed any light or offer any advice on what the standard process is re air testing etc I don't even know if the special are required to test air after a job ? I may be overreacting and worrying over nothing 

Hi blonde1, I've had a similar experience, my bathroom has a burst pipe a couple of months ago, which resulted in it flooded through my kitchen ceiling. There was a crack in the artex in the kitchen ceiling and lots of white dust which I just cleaned up the next day. Everything dried out by the next day, plumber came out fixed the pipe never mentioned the kitchen ceiling.  So there's been a 6inch crack in my kitchen ceiling, right above my sink and draining board.  Just got back from holiday yesterday and thought it looked worst so I've asked landlord to look at it. Now I'm worried sick that I've been eating and drinking from the dishes on the draining board right under the crack.  I've never heard of asbestos in ceilings until now, deversated. 

Hello

Am looking to buy a house with absestos in and stumbled across this thread. 

Not that its anything scientific but my dad used to saw up asbestos (the more dangerous types) back in the 60's and has scaring on his lungs but is still alive at the age of 82! He's had more health issues from heart disease and strokes than he has from the asbestos exposure.

Just thought it might help with perspective.

Neil

Morning Jac

I have found my way here through googling :( I was on holiday last week and telling a story of when I Jachammered up a concrete floor in my Victoria home 10 years ago to find 'tiles' buried.. lond story short - no mask and hidden asbestos by the developers - the builder I was talking to said "oh my god you've got a few years left at best then" this has scared the bejeeezus out of me so I'm wondering if I can get the name of your expert witness to contact him / her please ~ Thankyou 

Thankyou 

Hi. Thank you for the reassuring messages. I also did research around fibre concentration and risk and indeed it is low. However, what I'm worried about is not the initial exposure but longer term breathing in of the dust. We had our ceiling scraped for replastering and didn't know the risk. Therefore the living room was only cleaned normally. So we lived breathing in the residual fibres from the work over a few years. This could be worse than the initial exposure so I'm really worried. I can't quite figure it out from all the information. I'm suffering such anxiety so any help is appreciated.