You mentioned in a conversation plaster walls also have asbestos. Our home was built in 1917 with plaster, could there be a health hazard with asbestos, should we take certain precautions.
Yes, they have asbestos and the best precaution you can take is to leave it right there. Cover it with gypsum board. This has a couple of other advantages; less work, safer to work on, leaving a certain amount of bulk and adding more in the interests of energy conservation, etc.
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