- Sunny was warned by other users her new property could have asbestos tiles
- Asbestos is a banned material which was used in buildings before 1999
A woman was left stunned after making a life-threatening discovering in her first home.
Sunny posted a walk through video of her latest renovation project on TikTok before followers believed they spotted a danger hiding in her new bathroom tiles.
In the original clip, the homeowner dubbed the doors as ‘giving horror film’ and bathroom as ‘eerie’.
However, many social media users flooded her comments, as they thought the tiles in her new dilapidated property contained asbestos.
‘I believe those to tiles contain asbestos. Do not remove them without getting them tested first,’ one penned.
Sunny, who recently purchased her first property, was left stunned after TikTok users warned her tiles may have asbestos
A second warned: ‘Get yourself an asbestos survey before you do any works.’
‘You need it checking for asbestos. People think the tiles and walls are just daft or ugly decorating and it’s asbestos.’
In a response video, Sunny said: ‘Literally everyone, well not everyone but loads of people have commented saying I’ve got asbestos tiles.
‘Didn’t even know what that meant. Google search[ed] it saw all these horror stories.’
Asbestos is the term given to numerous naturally occurring fibrous minerals that have crystallised to form fibres, according to GOV.UK.
There are usually two types of asbestos, amphiboles and serpentine – which is the most frequently used type of the crystallised fibres.
Explaining, how she went to her father, who is a property manager, for advice, she revealed he had never heard of asbestos tiles before.
She shared that her father previously discovered he had asbestos in his garage and surrounding his plumbing pipes.
Asbestos is typically found in properties built before 2000, and could impact your health if you are exposed to hazardous chemicals from the fibres.
You should not remove any asbestos without guidance and should get in touch with your local council if you find it in your home, as per the UK’s Health Security Agency’s advice.
Divulging that she was ‘absolutely terrified of going back into the house’, due to the comments, she also added that she wasn’t yet entirely sure asbestos was present.
Responding to other curious viewers, she affirmed asbestos did not come up in the property’s survey.
Asbestos is typically found in properties built before 2000, and could impact your health if you are exposed to hazardous chemicals from the fibres (pictured: Sunny’s sink)
Several viewers took to the comment section of Sunny’s orignal video of her new home to warn about potentially asbestos ridden tiles
In her follow up video, others were keen to offer their advice on how she could confirm if the tiles did have asbestos
People flocked to her social media comments, offering her advice on the potential asbestos presence in her new home.
Referencing people pointing out the potential danger, one person quipped: ‘That’s good to hear,’ with another adding: ‘How lucky that person commented!’
A second chimed in: ‘You don’t have to book a survey for it if you didn’t know.
‘I used asbestos-sampling.com to send in my own samples which was so quick and easy to do.’
Another person pointed out that if the home was refurbished in 2000 then there should be no asbestos present as the material was banned in 1999.
