Asbestos worries

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We're having our kitchen redone. DH is currently removing the old tiles and discovered they were stuck onto the previous tiles so he just removed the whole lot.

I'm now paranoid in case the old tiles/grout contained asbestos, is this sort of thing possible?

I have OCD and this has massively triggered me. We have small DC in the house and I'm now really worried imagining asbestos fibers everywhere that will damage their health.

The house was built in the 60s if that makes a difference. The survey when we bought is came back as likely positive for Asbestos in some old floor tiles in a cupboard and Artex ceilings.

Gosh I'm so worried.

@GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut You might be able to hire the right Class H vacuum, it’s not something I’ve ever done, but the equipment exists. They could then also dispose of the contents for you. Most household vacuums have HEPA filters which is great but I don’t think I’d want to go clogging up my dyson with artex!

No advice but solidarity OP. I have OCD and cross contamination is a big trigger for me. I was the same when I moved into my house with the artex ceiling. We sent off samples in the end and it was all fine. Honestly if I were you I'd pay for some sort asbestos surveyor to check the house for it just to put my mind at ease.

@autumnpumpkinlattes sorry you're suffering too! I did not anticipate struggling with it so much.

We booked a surveyor who came yesterday (I just about survived the wait!). It will be a few days before we have the results but he provided a lot of reassurance while here that indeed it would be pretty unheard of to have it in the wall tiles.

He thinks the broken floor tiles that we discovered probably do but asbestos fibers are well bonded inside the material so unless we'd been doing the breaking ourselves and hammered it repeatedly there is no risk at all.

I have now moved on to worrying about lead paint as there is chipping paint behind it all but overall I feel A LOT better than I did a couple of days ago.

I was about to post about asbestos concerns and reading through your posts, I'm desperate to know the results of your survey! What came back?

Hello, I'm also interested in the results. Were the wall tiles / adhesive asbestos containing?

Those are perfectly normal, if rather grubby, ceramic tiles.

The tiles with asbestos in them were generally floor tiles and look like vinyl. I know, because we had some removed.