Removing old Fireplace for Woodburner Install - is There an Asbestos Risk? All manner of questions and solutions to problems and issues surrounding the subject of brickwork, blockwork and stonework

[iamgroucho]

Hi all,

I'm about rip out an old open fireplace in preparation to have a woodburner installed. Someone has said the formed concrete inner to the rear of the fireplace could be asbestos, is this right? I have already spoken to a few experienced people, and no one else has mentioned it could be asbestos.

I have attached an image and highlighted the area so hopefully you can see what I am on about.

Any thoughts appreciated

[welsh brickie]

its unlikely to be asbestos in that fireplace in my opinion, I have never come across any, And I have removed a few.