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    Asbestos awareness course

    Was wondering how many of you people have been on one of these? If you have could you let me know you're thoughts on it please. Cheers
  2. M

    Floor tiles containing asbestos?

    On many occasions I've come across 1960s-1970s 6 or 8 inch plastic floor tiles, mainly black colour, which chip off easily when removed. These tiles are mostly stuck on concrete screeds with bitumenous adhesive. Someone mentioned recently that these tiles contain asbestos. Has anyone heard this...
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  3. M

    Asbestos

    Hi. Pretty new to tiling and was wondering when and where you should be looking out for asbestos. Also what to do if you have any doubts? Thanks.
  4. M

    Asbestos removal,,,, what do we know about it?

    Iv seen a job today for this and even tho it said expierence required i rang up and explained that even tho i didnt have any expierence i was willing to learn and do what ever i needed too to get job. So I have an interview tommorow but i was just wandering except for me knowing its horrible...
  5. J

    a stroke of luck with asbestos

    Got called to look at a job in Hackney yesterday and buzzed over there in the afternoon after finishing something first. The job was on the 8th floor of an old corporation of london council block and to be honest a bit nasty!..when I pulled up there where a few other vans there as some work was...
  6. K

    Asbestos info

    Evening All Just been looking through the Professional Builder magazine and there's a piece saying asbestos is the single biggest cause of work related deaths in the UK with 4,000 deaths a year and the Health and Safety Executive expect it to keep rising. They mention that any house constructed...
  7. D

    asbestos reminder

    hi all as title says..we had our all trades talk today with our health and saftey officer and a gentleman from the HSE. 4hrs of it lol but anyway just thought i would tell you some of it concerning the tile fixing side had the picture and slide show and speaking to the HSE guy they have had a...
  8. U

    Thermoplastic tiles - safe to remove or asbestos risk?

    Hello, Thanks in advance for help, wonder if I can get some advice. I wanted to tile the concrete kitchen floor in my newly bought 1950s house. Under the lino (but not under the units) I've come across some thin blue plastic'y brittle tiles with a thin bitumen layer on the back. This left a...
  9. F

    Asbestos - how times change

    How times change eh. 47kMfYQY0HI
  10. S

    Asbestos in artex

    Hi everyone does anybody know when abouts they stopped putting asbestos in artex? I have to go and look at a kitchen tomorrow and it is apparently covered in artex which she wants either skimming over or taking off and then skimming... better get some practise in lol. BTW she said it has been...
  11. E

    Asbestos

    Just saw on the news that some schools have a lot of asbestos in them and they have to go round and seal all the gaps up with Silicon, so you guys struggling with your Silicon go back to your school with your Silicon gun and run riot with it...It will be fine i promise:lol:

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