Refurbishment Question

[RefurbQuery]

Hello,

I’m currently renovating a property and have started taking tiles off in the kitchen area. The plaster beneath the tiles is grey, and beneath the top coat is a rock/stone type material (looks a little like a breeze block but has been put on as a mixture or would appear so) the property was built in 1927, but the kitchen area is part of an extension which was put on in what I think was the 1960s.

Looking to see if anyone has come across this before and what material is it? My main concern is it may contain asbestos.

Cheers

 

[Dave101]

No idea what that is but if I've ever been unsure concerning asbestos I've just dropped a sample off at the local councils lab and had it tested.. results in a few days n costs about £25 for a sample

 

[The Apprentice]

That looks like browning, it used to be available in grey due to the different mines

 

[Monkey Boy]

Thistle greyning

 

[malc]

Carlite Browning plaster.

 

[essexandy]

I actually think it looks like Bonding.
@RefurbQuery is this grey backing coat really, really soft? Browning was soft gutless crap, Bonding considerably tougher.

 

[tapit]

Seen loads of old browning fails, was it guaranteed like the new stuff?

That looks like browning, it used to be available in grey due to the different mines

 

[The Apprentice]

Seen loads of old browning fails, was it guaranteed like the new stuff?

Im not 100% but I think it would be, not sure when the product guarantees were introduced. Interesting to see that its failed on timber

 

[tapit]

Im not 100% but I think it would be, not sure when the product guarantees were introduced. Interesting to see that its failed on timber

It's not all timber on the photos?

 

[The Apprentice]

It's not all timber on the photos?

The one without timber has had moisture, be that condensation or another source by the looks of things. I had someone having a go at me the other week when I said not to plaster over timber.