"Not only roof and facade materials were made of asbestos cement. Specially treated wall panels for kitchens and bathrooms with a large selection of colors and patterns were available from the 1930s onwards. Other interior attributes are window sills and countertops, colored and polished to resemble black marble."
Okay. Extremely grateful for your clear answers. Father-in-law swore at me when I suggested that I thought it was eternit... Sad that I was right then. I'll let all the screws remain in the windowsills. Started unscrewing one today. Sat together with my 5-year-old daughter when I took it down. Sat and suspiciously picked at the dust.....
Hello again,
yes, they are not dangerous as long as they remain in place and undamaged. And try not to panic thinking that you and your daughter may have inhaled the dust and will become super sick because of it - sure, one should have great respect for eternit, but from what I have read and understood, it requires much more exposure for it to become dangerous. But I know (from my own experience with eternit) that it is easy to worry.
//reptil
Okay. Yes, you’re probably right in what you say. I mostly get angry about being scolded when I first asked my dear father-in-law if it could be asbestos cement. Disappointed that I took what he said so quickly without thinking for myself. Today when I removed the screws in one of the panels, I didn’t think it looked like stone when the dust came out of the screw hole. Luckily, I could ask you all here!
Windowsills made of eternit aren't very common either, tiles and pipes are some of the things I've encountered the most, so my first thought wouldn't have been that it was eternit. And especially not in a house built as late as 1977 (I think eternit was banned in 1982).
Good luck with the rest of the journey with the newly purchased house! My feeling is that this won't be the only surprise you'll encounter. However, I hope the others will be more pleasant.
All the window sills are now dismantled but with all the fittings still screwed into the sills. The house was built the same year they closed down the factory in Lomma and the "big scandal and tragedy" was uncovered.
Many workers got silicosis or cancer and died because of the work there.
Apparently, I got some of the last batch that was produced.
Thread lift of the year!!!!
Looked around among old threads and found this one. I have the exact same boards. House built -76. I washed them off and am leaving them for now but I glare at them a couple of times a week. They need to go down!
Thread revival of the year!!!!
I was browsing through old threads and found this one. I have the exact same boards. The house was built in '76. I washed them off and am leaving them for now, but I give them a glare a couple of times a week. They have to go!
You don't need to think like that.............If they're there and not bothering you, then you won't get sick because of it. You might become ill if you grind them into dust and lock yourself in a room and inhale this for several years. Then you might suffer from some unpleasantness. But even that's not certain.
You don't need to think like that.............If they are just sitting there and not disturbing you, then you won't get sick from it. You might possibly get sick if you grind them into dust and lock yourself in a room and inhale it for several years. Then you might possibly experience some unpleasantness. But even that's not certain.
Hi. Well, I'm not terrified of it. I'm a carpenter by trade and well informed regarding the presence and absence of asbestos.
It's a bit alarming that we are importing cement products from China with asbestos in them
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However, I hope the others will be more pleasant.