Asbestos would be a great building product were it not for the significant health risks. It was the building material of choice in the 1960s to the mid '70s in the UK, before the potentially deadly properties of asbestos were known.
During this time asbestos was used for a number of jobs such as; floor tiles, pipe lagging, textured paints (Artex),
Michael Newton is a Director of Lapider and is a Chartered Building Surveyor and Professional Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) since 1992. After studying Building Surveying at Sheffield Hallam University, I qualified as a Building Surveyor in 2001 and gained my RICS chartered status in 2004. Scott joined Lapider in 2007