Jochen80
2021-03-31 19:43:46
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Good day everyone,
some minor renovations in my apartment are coming up soon and while cleaning the rooms I noticed a "coating" under my window sills. Once it is gray, on another window sill the coating is lighter, almost white even. At first, I thought it was paint residue, but the light coating is oddly grooved. When I touch the underside with my fingers, I get traces of the coating on my fingers. It looks like dried paint, that would be my first assessment at least. But I am no expert in the field of construction and renovation, so I hope my question will be forgiven.
For further information: I know that my apartment was renovated about seven years ago, I have no information on whether the window sills were replaced or worked on. The said building was also built no earlier than the 1970s.
Does anyone know more here? I would rather not clean under the window sills if it could be asbestos-containing cladding.
Attached are pictures regarding the matter. Thanks for the exchange of information.
Regards
Jochen

some minor renovations in my apartment are coming up soon and while cleaning the rooms I noticed a "coating" under my window sills. Once it is gray, on another window sill the coating is lighter, almost white even. At first, I thought it was paint residue, but the light coating is oddly grooved. When I touch the underside with my fingers, I get traces of the coating on my fingers. It looks like dried paint, that would be my first assessment at least. But I am no expert in the field of construction and renovation, so I hope my question will be forgiven.
For further information: I know that my apartment was renovated about seven years ago, I have no information on whether the window sills were replaced or worked on. The said building was also built no earlier than the 1970s.
Does anyone know more here? I would rather not clean under the window sills if it could be asbestos-containing cladding.
Attached are pictures regarding the matter. Thanks for the exchange of information.
Regards
Jochen