Have an old door to the boiler room that was covered with a metal sheet on the inside. Started loosening it but quickly discovered that there was another sheet that looked suspiciously like asbestos. Hauled the door out and put on a full-cover disposable overall, rubber boots, and mask. Photographed a small piece. Opinion, asbestos or?
You can probably be quite sure that it is asbestos/eternit. It was common to use it as fire protection on doors leading to boiler rooms, etc. You just have to tear it down, put it in bags, tape them up, and take them to the dump.
The board was quite soft, not like eternit but more like a 3-4 mm gasket. I removed it and put it in a garbage bag, and also disposed of the disposable coveralls and respirator. I was outdoors, so I don't think there was any major risk, and the board felt quite "solid," so it didn't seem to be creating much dust.
The door remains outside for now as I don't want to bring it in if there are fibers left on the wood.
The door remains outside for now as I don't want to bring it in if there are fibers left on the wood.
If you live in the Stockholm area, you can drop off abest at, for example, Lövsta. Check their website, where the rules are stated for how it should be packaged and how large the packages can be (they must fit through the hatch of the container).
It was almost certainly a more or less pure asbestos sheet. You can probably scrub or rinse off the door. But you might want to ask someone knowledgeable in sanitation about this.
It was almost certainly a more or less pure asbestos sheet. You can probably scrub or rinse off the door. But you might want to ask someone knowledgeable in sanitation about this.
Quote: When you demolish, use a proper filter mask with a P3 filter, not flimsy dust covers made of cardboard for 19 kronor.
And if the filter is to be meaningful, a full suit should be used as asbestos can also be absorbed by the body through the skin.
And if the filter is to be meaningful, a full suit should be used as asbestos can also be absorbed by the body through the skin.
No, that's not quite how it is.spocks_beard said:
Using disposable clothing can be smart since it can be difficult to remove the dust in a reasonable way. However, the idea that asbestos fibers would travel through the skin and into the lungs doesn't sound quite right.
There is a nuisance especially if it is indoors. There, a disposable coverall from Classe or Jula is not enough. It is not sufficiently tight and allows asbestos fibers to pass through. A full mask is also required indoors. Vacuum cleaner with "absolute filter." Tape and screen off other areas. Water so that it does not dust. Read asbestos regulations on occupational safety.
Outdoors, for example, changing an asbestos roof is fine with a half mask.
Send the rest of the family away during handling.
Outdoors, for example, changing an asbestos roof is fine with a half mask.
Send the rest of the family away during handling.
Waiting for it to get warmer outside so I can rinse off the door that's now standing outdoors. I don't want to have a big ice lump with infused asbestos fibers 
Agree, we'll see in 20-30 years but by then maybe we'll have kicked the bucket anyway
I completely agree with you Mathias, if you look at those who worked without any protection day in and day out in factories where asbestos dust hung in the air like a mist. Then it was mainly the smokers who had problems, and even then, not everyone got it, even after many years of exposure. The asbestos hazard is greatly exaggerated. But I would definitely have used a mask anyway, I use one even when handling insulation or sanding filler. I really care about my lungs...MathiasS said: