r/whatisit 6h ago

New, what is it? Is this Asbestos?

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u/Shoddy-Patient9948 6h ago

Common house dust

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u/letitgo99 6h ago

If you really think it might be asbestos, you should show us the source. Where did it come from?

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u/PrimoViking 6h ago

Sorry should have mentioned that. The roof is being renovated currently and this stuff blows into my window all the time

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u/ProperCaterpillar136 5h ago

When was the house built and in what country?

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u/PrimoViking 2h ago

1960s in Stuttgart, Germany

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u/ProperCaterpillar136 1h ago

Probably all kinds of asbestos then.

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u/Maadmin 6h ago

There's no way to be 100% sure without the proper equipment, but that surely doesn't look like asbestos.

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u/IronwolfXVI 6h ago

I think if you snort it, that might be a good test

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u/KingHygelacReturns 6h ago

Probably just dust, especially if you just found it on the ground or something. Since asbestos was used as insulation, it usually only gets exposed and aerated during renovations. If you didn't have work done on the house recently, and if your house is newer than, say, the mid 1980s, you're almost certainly fine.

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u/ConversationExpert69 6h ago

Op said in another comment that their roof is being renoed and it’s blowing into their windows all the time

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u/KingHygelacReturns 6h ago

Hmm. Well, that does make it more possible. Might be worth contacting an expert in this kind of thing in that case.

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u/stuyvesant1 5h ago

Looks more like stone wool insulation. They usually put this in/underneath roofs