This is the ‘other’ Nick in the Falklands sampling some very nasty loose fibre which we later arranged to be removed.

This was in a Stanley hotel where loose fibre (presumably
lifted from a passing ship's boiler room!) had been poured between the joists in what was the Old Ships Bar. The material contained a mixture of amosite (brown asbestos) and chrysotile (white asbestos) fibre. There are no licensed contractors in the Falklands and running a removal contract from 9000 miles away was - at the very least - challenging!

The worst form of asbestos - loose fibre.

This photograph shows raw asbestos on the top of a window heading from the first floor Asbestos was safely removed from the building which has now been converted into a very attractive row of harbour front properties.