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Riccma02 t1_it3e3ej wrote

Reply to comment by b7d in Just moved into a prewar… these walls mystify me (help needed) by b7d

OP , do you know exactly when your building was built. Asbestos wasn’t actually that common domestically in the pre war period. If you find fibers, don’t panic, it’s probably horse hair.

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b7d OP t1_it3i1sf wrote

1940

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Riccma02 t1_it3zgea wrote

eh, I still don't think asbestos is common in traditional plasterwork. It's more likely to show up in mastic flooring, roofing, siding ect., or even is early gypsum drywall systems like Rock Lathe, but with 1940, it could go either way.

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Rottimer t1_it3yiiu wrote

Then it has asbestos. Where it has asbestos is the question.

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