right.. really need someone with real knowledge to put my mind at ease please.
been doing some DIY in a new house I bought and started to scrape the wall in the bathroom and remove wallpaper and plaster.
Found what I thought was hair and started to scrape it out but found that there was more.. Also seems to be in other areas of the wall. see pictures.
Now my reactions are:
1. That it was hair because it looked and felt like hair (brownish). Scared the sh@t out of me just in case it was remains of a dead person!
2. Might be asbestos - only heard about this stuff but no clear picture of what it looks like apart from that it's like fibre.
Now I'm really hoping it's neither and that it's something used for walls to make it stick together more easily since I've touched the stuff (if its asbestos) and don't even want to think about the other one...
Called the council but not sure if they can do anything since it's not a council house and not sure who I can get to just check it out.....
Any ideas on what it is please or who I can get to check it out and put my mind at rest?
been doing some DIY in a new house I bought and started to scrape the wall in the bathroom and remove wallpaper and plaster.
Found what I thought was hair and started to scrape it out but found that there was more.. Also seems to be in other areas of the wall. see pictures.
Now my reactions are:
1. That it was hair because it looked and felt like hair (brownish). Scared the sh@t out of me just in case it was remains of a dead person!
2. Might be asbestos - only heard about this stuff but no clear picture of what it looks like apart from that it's like fibre.
Now I'm really hoping it's neither and that it's something used for walls to make it stick together more easily since I've touched the stuff (if its asbestos) and don't even want to think about the other one...
Called the council but not sure if they can do anything since it's not a council house and not sure who I can get to just check it out.....
Any ideas on what it is please or who I can get to check it out and put my mind at rest?