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Insulation on the underside of roofs and sometimes sides of buildings and warehouses. Also used as fire protection on steel and reinforced concrete beams/columns and on underside of floors.
Where do you find this?
Mostly found in or on heating systems such as around boilers or calorifiers and around pipework.
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Asbestos Insulating Board was commonly used as fireproofing material, but it had many other uses such as:
Where do you find these?
Asbestos floor tiles were once a popular choice for flooring, and you will often find old asbestos floor tiles hidden under carpets.
Textiles can be found in fuse boxes behind the actual fuse. Old fire blankets and heat resistant gloves can also be made out of asbestos textiles.
Asbestos composites can be toilet cisterns and seats, windowsills, and bath panels.
Asbestos paper was used for lining under tiles and inside metal cladding.
Where do you find these?
Textured coatings were used to produce decorative finishes on ceilings and walls. In the past, they have had various trade names such as ‘Artex’.
Where do you find asbestos cement?
Asbestos cement is mainly a mixture of chrysotile (white asbestos) and cement, moulded and compressed to produce a range of asbestos cement products. You can find asbestos cement in many places inside and outside buildings such as:
These are mainly made up of large sheets of corrugated asbestos cement; they are often found on industrial or farmyard buildings but can also be found as roofs on garages and sheds. They are often covered in moss and other growths as they’ve been there for many years.
This has a shape and structure similar to roof sheeting and is often found on walls/as walls of buildings with asbestos cement roofs.
These are often attached at the end of cement roofs in warehouse type buildings.
These may be found in boiler systems (including domestic) air conditioning and ventilation systems.
Drainage pipes, such as water and sewage pipes, were often made of pitch fibre. This is a lightweight and easy to handle material, made of wood cellulose impregnated with inert coal tar pitch. Asbestos cement was added to strengthen the material.
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Asbestos roofing felt was often used for garage roofs, outbuildings etc.
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Asbestos rope seals and gaskets can be found in gas or electric heating appliances.
