Asbestos in render?

[beansbaked]

Hi, we live in a ex council house built late 1940-1950s. It has a coal shed/ toilet built on the side. The roof is flat, there’s no corrugated sheeting. The roofs been leaking and a huge part of the ceiling fell away It left behind what looked like a mortar mix and a metal grid. There was some visible white “hairs” about an inch long, almost like cat hair. The leak and the ceilings been fixed and we removed most of the mortar but since googling I’m wondering if it was likely to have contained asbestos in the mortar mix? I’m really worried as we did this ourselves as a diy project. I know it was a stupid idea and I’m a very anxious stressed wife at the moment

Any feedback would be appreciated

 

[Danny]

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[Monkey Boy]

Probably didn’t

 

[beansbaked]

Thanks for your replies. Thought I’d ask incase anyone came across it before. I’ve posted a photo of what the ceiling looked like after but I’m not sure it will be of any help

 

[malc]

I would guess that it was animal hair mixed into the render. Asbestos was never used in render.

 

[beansbaked]

Thank you for your reply. Do you think it’s a render that’s in my photo? Sorry I don’t know anything about building hence why I’m in the situation I’m in

 

[Steve Brown]

Thank you for your reply. Do you think it’s a render that’s in my photo? Sorry I don’t know anything about building hence why I’m in the situation I’m in

Just buy a testing kit for peace of mind.
Asbestos was used in loads of areas in construction, even if it was not in the aggregate it may have been used in a masking, adhesive, cloaking etc.
Try not to worry to much as lots of ACM's have small amounts/ traces in them but they all get treated the same.