Advice neeeded - I think I've drilled asbestos soffit !!

[grantr37]

you think that's bad, I'm sure I have eaten the stuff at one point or other .....

 

[ipf]

My old fella was an electrician/chargehand/foreman in asbestos production plants for about 20 years 'till he was about forty. He's just finished a weeks work on a big quote and I still have trouble getting him to stop going on emergency call outs and put his tools away. He set up on his own over 40 years ago.

 

[tazz]

Its all government and H&S hipe just like mad cows desease....like asbestos, i been eating beef for years and it never effect moo...sorry me...!

 

[Silly Sausage]

I ate beef on the bone once when Blair said there was a 1 in a Trillion Billion chance that I might contract Mad Cow Disease.
Or is all this just an illusion?

 

[jon small]

if your over about 25 you have a very high chance of being exposed to asbestos as they used to use it for brake and clutch linings on cars, buses and lorries, as they wore away the dust flew where ever the wind blew it.
i remember mechanics cleaning dust out of brake drums and clutches with airlines with no breathing protection at all and workshop doors open to clear the dust and plumbers (including my old man) cutting sheets of white asbestos with hand saws to fit behind aga's and rayburn's -no one cared in them days

 

[Hawk81]

If you listen to the yanks MDF is every bit as bad as asbestos. It's still used here. I know I have cut/drilled it on many many occasions. I too have unwittingly drilled asbestos. While I don't enjoy it and don't panic either.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Oh that explains SO much!!!!!!...:ciappa:

What ye tryin' t' say lyke?? :uhoh2:

 

[Geordie Spark]

TD, your lungs must be wrecked by now from all those late night sorties, stripping them derelict industrial sites of their valuables.

If you're referring to Tidy Boiler, I can confirm there's absolutely nothing wrong with her lungs - In fact I can honestly say she has the most spectacular pair of lungs it's ever been my pleasure to encounter.

 

[sedgy34]

I drilled an asbestos soffit last week, nothing to it. The dicey bit was me standing on apprentices shoulders to reach

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Just a thought, but, is there a sort of cut off date where you could say with reasonable confidence the the soffits are asbestos or not?

From someone else who has recently had a face full of the crap.

Oh, and as advised in a previous post, I laid off the tabs for 2 days to cancel it out!!

 

[tidyboiler]

I ate beef on the bone once when Blair said there was a 1 in a Trillion Billion chance that I might contract Mad Cow Disease.
Or is all this just an illusion?

If we worried about everything that's been in our mouths, 99% of us would be dead by now. :38:

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

No pet. I'm sure that's not what geordie tells ya!!!

 

[onions1066]

If we worried about everything that's been in our mouths, 99% of us would be dead by now. :38:

Ooooooooo so many easy jokes to be had but I must refrain :drool5:

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No pet. I'm sure that's not what geordie tells ya!!!

Or sure what Geordie does to ya!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Spadders has not replied!!!! Where are you Spadders.....!! An ominous silence descends......

 

[Geordie Spark]

Spadders has not replied!!!! Where are you Spadders.....!! An ominous silence descends......

I understand we're allowed to visit between 3-00 and 4-00pm

 

[spadders]

Spadders has not replied!!!! Where are you Spadders.....!! An ominous silence descends......

Hi guys n gals,

I'm pleased to say I'm still alive & kicking,
After sleeping on it and reading all of the comments, (some of which are brilliant btw) I'm feeling a bit daft now for getting so carried away.
I think the mistake I made was listening to my mate who's "been on a course", and then reading all of the "official" HSE info online.
I don't smoke, so can't lay off the tabs for 2 days to cancel it out, so I'll have to deprive myself of something equally enjoyable, maybe a few bacon sarnies.

Thanks again for all of your replies

 

[dan86]

as was said in post #11 by onions, you were in more danger hanging your arse out the window!