Asbestos lining to Electrical cupboard?
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Alex_Blackwood
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I doubt if anyone here could tell you, especially from a picture . If unsure, which you are, leave it and get expert opinion!
Tinto
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Yes, I suppose the best I can hope for is if someone here knows for sure it was used in Sadler yachts
WoodyP
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Could be as asbestos wasn't banned until 1999.
Malish
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The really nasty stuff was banned in the mid-80s, so v unlikely to be that, as Woody says the 'safer' type was not banned until 1999. I doubt there are any reliable records from that era from either Sadler or their sub-contractors. If you want reliable confirmation then you need to send the material to a pukka asbestos testing lab. On the basis that forum advice is worth what you pay for it...... I doubt it is, and even if it were then careful working practices (e.g. drill wet with a little oil and wear a disposable boiler suit and mask) when you drill, and sealing any subsequent exposed edges with paint. should reduce the risk to lower than that likely from being hit on the head by a frozen halibut.
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Supertramp
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Asbestos is only a problem when you disturb (cut, drill etc). So left alone it will not harm. But the cut edge in your picture looks odd and more like an insulated or internally corrugated thin sheet panel than asbestos.
As said, get it tested and/or drill/cut with full personal protection and a screened off area. Worth reading up on the full precautions as the dust can travel far (drill motor, clothes, etc). Also there are different asbestos types with different health risk levels. My knowledge is from work and we took it seriously despite the costs it added to simple tasks.
Or solve the problem without drilling.
As said, get it tested and/or drill/cut with full personal protection and a screened off area. Worth reading up on the full precautions as the dust can travel far (drill motor, clothes, etc). Also there are different asbestos types with different health risk levels. My knowledge is from work and we took it seriously despite the costs it added to simple tasks.
Or solve the problem without drilling.
Aeolus
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The dangers from asbestos relate to inhalation of loose fibres, often microscopic and usually over a sustained period. Drilling a few small holes while wearing a facemask is likely to be as low risk as the aforesaid frozen halibut. Hoovering up any dust is probably a good idea. You could wear disposable clothes but, to my mind, that is unnecessary.
VicS
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Cannot tell from a photograph.
Positive identification requires special polarisedl ight microscopy techniques or x-ray crystallography but I could tell with a reasonable degree of certainty using an ordinary low power microscope.
Asbestos identification was part of my job at one time but. I don't now have access to the polarised light equipment but I could look at it with a low power stereoscopic microscope if you wanted. .
Otherwise wear a suitable mask , cut with hand tools only, contain the dust produed dampen and clean up thoroughly.
Minchsailor
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I used to work in the industrial instrumentation business, and in the early '80s we were neurotic about previous use of asbestos. As others have said, it is extremely unlikely this is, if it asbestos which I sincerely doubt, it is the 'nasty ' variety. Take sensible precautions about creating dust, as I hope you would do anyway.
Tinto
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Thank you everyone. I will proceed with caution.
Boathook
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If you use a vacuum cleaner whilst drilling, cutting, etc extend the hose so that the motor unit is venting outside.