- Other users warned Sunny that her new property could have asbestos tiles
- Asbestos is a prohibited material that was used in buildings before 1999.
A woman was left stunned after making a life-threatening discovery in her first home.
Sunny posted a video of her latest renovation project on TikTok before her followers thought they spotted a hidden danger in her new bathroom tiles.
In the original clip, the homeowner called the doors “horror movie” and the bathroom “creepy.”
However, many social media users flooded his comments as they thought the tiles in his new dilapidated property contained asbestos.
‘I think the tiles contain asbestos. Don’t delete them without testing them first,” wrote one.
Sunny, who recently bought her first property, was left stunned after TikTok users warned her tiles could contain asbestos.
A second warned: “Get an asbestos survey done before doing any work.”
‘You need it to check for asbestos. People think that tiles and walls are just silly or ugly decoration and that it is asbestos.
In a response video, Sunny said: “Literally everyone, well not everyone, but a lot of people have commented saying I have asbestos tiles.”
‘I didn’t even know what that meant. Google search[ed] “He saw all these horror stories.”
Asbestos is the term given to numerous naturally occurring fibrous minerals that have crystallized to form fibers, according to UK GOVERNMENT.
There are generally two types of asbestos, amphibole and serpentine, which is the most widely used type of crystallized fibers.
Explaining how he went to his father, who is a property manager, for advice, he revealed that he had never heard of asbestos tiles before.
She shared that her father previously discovered he had asbestos in his garage and around his plumbing pipes.
Asbestos is usually found in properties built before the year 2000 and could affect your health if you are exposed to dangerous chemicals in the fibers.
You should not remove any asbestos without guidance and should contact your local council if you find it in your home, according to advice from the UK Health Safety Agency.
Revealing that she was “absolutely terrified to go back into the house” because of the comments, she also added that she was still not entirely sure about the presence of asbestos.
In response to other curious viewers, he stated that asbestos did not appear in the property survey.
Asbestos is usually found in properties built before the year 2000 and could affect your health if you are exposed to dangerous chemicals from the fibers (pictured: Sunny’s sink).
Several viewers took to the comments section of Sunny’s original video about her new home to warn about potentially asbestos-filled tiles.
In their follow-up video, others were willing to offer their advice on how you could confirm if the tiles had asbestos.
People flocked to his comments on social media, offering advice about the possible presence of asbestos in his new home.
Referencing people pointing out the potential danger, one person joked: “That’s good to hear,” and another added: “Lucky that person commented!”
A second chimed in: “You don’t have to book a survey if you didn’t know.”
“I used asbestos-sampling.com to submit my own samples, which was very quick and easy to do.”
Another person pointed out that if the house was renovated in 2000, then there should be no asbestos, since the material was banned in 1999.
