Asbestos exposure risk

Hi there, 

We are getting our house renovated at the moment and living in a different property. We visited the house the other week while they were doing some stripout and demolition, they had lifted the flooring to expose a black adhesive and at the time were pulling down the ceiling, which was crashing into the floor and causing lots of dust. We were in there for about 5 minutes while this was happening. We've since learnt that the black adhesive contains asbestos, which they are planning to have removed but we are concerned about what we may have breathed in while we were visiting? The dust was quite thick! Assuming it was mostly the ceiling dust but would this have knocked up some of the asbestos fibres from the floor? 
 

Any advice on this would be really appreciated! 

 

  • That is not correct. The 20 fibres he was referring to is the total number that can be counted in a square on the filter when it is inspected under the microscope. The "control limit" for asbestos air testing is 0.01f/ml, which is the equivalent of 10,000 fibres per m3 of air.