Am renovating a property, previous owner had died and been in the house about 30 years or so.
I'm removing old plasterboards to insulate, these are in a ground floor extension (old) but do have some wires behind and believe it to have been rewired in the last ten years.
The boards look to have a concrete type of substance and crumble easily when pulling the boards off, I first thought before removing these that they were asbestos but not sure now.
More information needed, photos etc.
They could be asbestos. I would have it checheckked out.
Maybe get a building control officer round. They are most helpful.
It could be an aquapanel board, is it in a bathroom or a wet area?
If its not then I've come across really old plasterboards that crumble and are very hard due to age, always wear a mask anyway.
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