Here is the association's response to my question, which was "we have heard that there is asbestos in the walls, is this true and what should we consider?"
"Hello and welcome to our wonderful association!
1) There is asbestos, but it's a bit unclear where. As long as it's not disturbed, it doesn't cause harm. However, if a major alteration is planned, such as removing a wall or part of a wall, it may be necessary to hire someone who decontaminates according to regulations."
"Hello and welcome to our wonderful association!
1) There is asbestos, but it's a bit unclear where. As long as it's not disturbed, it doesn't cause harm. However, if a major alteration is planned, such as removing a wall or part of a wall, it may be necessary to hire someone who decontaminates according to regulations."
What can you say about such a response... It doesn't feel very reassuring when the association can't back up a claim with facts. Too bad, unfortunately I didn't get to know more about the presence of asbestos in the walls. Hope the shelf turned out well.
Update!
We spoke to the neighbor who is knowledgeable and has found out a lot about the house. She said the material in the wall was "asbestos panels with masonite on top," maybe she meant eternit panels behind and masonite is what’s visible in the picture I posted? At the same time, as a complete amateur, I personally think the gray doesn’t look like masonite.
The outermost layer is textured wallpaper.
We might try to use drill screws that can replace a universal plug in masonite so we don't have to pre-drill. What do you think about this?
We spoke to the neighbor who is knowledgeable and has found out a lot about the house. She said the material in the wall was "asbestos panels with masonite on top," maybe she meant eternit panels behind and masonite is what’s visible in the picture I posted? At the same time, as a complete amateur, I personally think the gray doesn’t look like masonite.
The outermost layer is textured wallpaper.
We might try to use drill screws that can replace a universal plug in masonite so we don't have to pre-drill. What do you think about this?
Just the other day I was watching one of those American "buy houses that we fix" programs where there was asbestos in the popcorn ceiling. And there seems to be some type of texture on the wall. It could be in that there is asbestos even if I haven't heard anything about such before, but then this thread popped up.
As mentioned, they used to throw asbestos into everything back in the day, that's why Eternit plates are called "eternety" because they last forever, asbestos was the best material to have in things for them to last.
Yes, those are likely very common. I had them in my old apartment and it was they that eventually led me to find out that there was asbestos in the floor too. The labels on mine were not visible when they were mounted (recessed into the outer wall), but a previous owner had disassembled two of them and kept them in the basement storage.M Zolt said:I have eternit window sills at home throughout the house
The remaining ones I later painted with several layers of plastic paint to avoid scraping them when moving flower pots, etc.
Had exactly the same windowsills with the same label underneath.M Zolt said:I have eternit windowsills at home throughout the house
They went out during the window replacement 10 years ago.
Lucky not to have an asbestos phobia with eternit windowsills and eternit on the roof
There is internit and then perhaps you've heard of popcorn ceilings? In the pictures, it looks like a typical popcorn ceiling to me (even though this was now about a wall). Not many people think about it, but popcorn ceilings OFTEN contain asbestos.F Frida80 said: