Asbestos in wall plaster

[Richard Thacker]

Home Rite Home Inspector, York, Pa - Real Estate Inspection in PA and Maryland (http://www.needahomeinspector.com)
Have any of you out there ever had a client request an asbestos test on old wall plaster?:confused:

[Scott Patterson]

Home Rite Home Inspector, York, Pa - Real Estate Inspection in PA and Maryland (http://www.needahomeinspector.com)
Have any of you out there ever had a client request an asbestos test on old wall plaster?:confused:

No, but it is entirely possible that it could contain asbestos. Asbestos was in drywall mud for years. Also in roof mastic and other types of mastic sealants.

[A.D. Miller]

Home Rite Home Inspector, York, Pa - Real Estate Inspection in PA and Maryland (http://www.needahomeinspector.com)
Have any of you out there ever had a client request an asbestos test on old wall plaster?:confused:

Richard:

Gold Bond Plaster | Asbestos Products and Mesothelioma (http://www.maacenter.org/asbestos/products/goldbondplaster.php)

Plasterers & Asbestos Exposure / Mesothelioma - Asbestos.net (http://www.asbestos.net/occupations/plasterers.html)

http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/pubs/videoresource/stpasbestossafe.pdf

and so on . . .