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I am wondering on the possibility of this soil pipe being made of asbestos. Before cutting with a dremel I decided it was probably better to get a second opinion on it.
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You are correct. Without a mask. A very fine dust.Yep azzy
also looks like you’ve already started
All of it up to the manhole I assume?Will need to be replaced
What are my alternatives?
What kind of asbestos pipe is that then? All the asbestos cement pipework I've come across seems to be cast and thick, whereas this appears to be made from a helicoidal roll of strip.
Is it pitch fibre? If that's a pitch fibre pipe, it might not necessarily contain asbestos, though I'd want a sample tested to confirm.
You have to assume that everything that might contain asbestos does contain asbestos until a lab test says otherwise.Is it pitch fibre? If that's a pitch fibre pipe, it might not necessarily contain asbestos, though I'd want a sample tested to confirm.
As I said, I'd want a sample tested to confirm. It's not a huge expense. We're not saying different things (but I agree with you, we need to spell this out to the OP and your approach is exactly that of the HSE: assume everything is asbestos unless there is clear evidence that it is something else).You have to assume that everything that might contain asbestos does contain asbestos until a lab test says otherwise.
I've known personally two people of my own age die from mesothelioma, one a commercial plumber the other a doctor and, trust me on this, it's a nasty way to go. (The doctor was probably exposed as a med student when they had a den/common room in a service corridor beneath the hospital. They shared the corridor with asbestos lagged pipes.)
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