asbestos Klaxon swear words

[myoriginal3]

Holy fucking shite.
Just received a nice polite letter, two of them, telling me there is asbestos here but apparently it's not a bother

Well why are you fucking telling me about it then?

Because they have too and its so you dont disturb it inadvertently causing a release of fibres

Aibu to tell them to fuck off if it's not a fucking problem?

I don't know where it fucking is!

Where is it? It's useful to know so you don't disturb it. It's finacad lung as you don't go drilling or knocking things down where the asbestos is.

finacad lung is supposed to say fine!

Send them a letter? What type is it and WHERE?

Cross posted with you.

Who sent the letter? I'd contact them and ask for further details.

What do they think I'm going to do. Poke the ceiling?
If it's fine where it is, why stress me out about it?

I actually thought that finacud lung was what I'll contract from it haha

Letters are from Waltham forest housing.

They're trying to be responsible about it but have only given you half the info.

Depending on where the asbestos is, there are many reasons why you may end up disturbing it, so they do need to inform you but they also should have told you where it is.

Bear in mind it was originally used due to it's 'fantastic' fire retardant qualities, so it could be in a number of areas - walls, ceilings, cupboards, so, yes, you might need to poke the ceiling (for example due to a water leak) and it could be in there.

Now I'm going to start imagining my asthma has gotten worse. Ffs.
I'm mad enough as it is

Of course you need to know if there's asbestos in your house, if you carried out any renovations without knowing it was there it could become a serious problem. Left untouched it's not dangerous so I really wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

So, once walls are intact as I dubiously observe two repairs in ceiling I'm safe enough?

here you go OP! links to further info www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/member-of-public.htm

Thanks surfer. That's reassuring.

It's ok. False alarm lol.

What do you mean "false alarm"? Was the letter not addressed to you?

No, the two letters were. It appears not to be something to be alarmed about though!

I'd definitely contact them though and ask for locations in case you want to carry out any work in the future on the house that may disturb it.

I don't even possess a hammer so I think I am safe enough

Plus tenancy agreement forbids any work.

Well as long as the landlord knows where it is then it's not your problem and I don't know why they're writing to you. Weird.

Why would you NOT want to know? That's crazy!