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greekislandlover
Echo all the above.
Before we do any rewire there has to be an asbestos audit of the property. Councils are very good in that respect!! We have experienced a problem with the testing in that if it's a textured ceiling they take a scraping from the corner and pronounce it negative. Often the new texture is negative, but applied over an old texture that isn't. Nowadays they just assume ANY textured ceiling is positive and let asbestos contractors deal with the fittings before we go in.
Thing is, all they do is to take the fittings down and throw the screws away! No masks worn and no dust hoovered up.
Before we do any rewire there has to be an asbestos audit of the property. Councils are very good in that respect!! We have experienced a problem with the testing in that if it's a textured ceiling they take a scraping from the corner and pronounce it negative. Often the new texture is negative, but applied over an old texture that isn't. Nowadays they just assume ANY textured ceiling is positive and let asbestos contractors deal with the fittings before we go in.
Thing is, all they do is to take the fittings down and throw the screws away! No masks worn and no dust hoovered up.
