Asbestos Cement
Where do you find Asbestos Cement? You can find asbestos cement in many places inside and outside buildings such as: Asbestos cement roofs These are mainly made up of large sheets of corrugated asbestos cement; they are often found on industrial or farmyard buildings, but also can be found as roofs on garages and sheds. They are usually covered in mosses as they’ve been there for many years. Asbestos... Read More
Asbestos Floor Tiles, Textiles and Composites
Where do you find Asbestos Floor Tiles, Textiles and Composites? Sometimes you may find 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, window sills, and bath panels. Asbestos paper was used for lining... Read More
Asbestos Textured Coatings
Where do you find Asbestos Textured Coatings? Textured coatings were used to produce decorative finishes on ceilings and walls. In the past, they have had various trade names such as ‘Artex’. What do Asbestos Textured Coatings look like? This is dependent on the particular decorative finish required i.e. peaks or patterns. They are hard and were originally white in colour but have often... Read More
Sprayed Asbestos Coatings
Where do you find Sprayed Asbestos Coatings? Insulation on the underside of roofs and sometimes sides of buildings and warehouses. Sprayed asbestos was used as fire protection on steel and reinforced concrete beams/columns and on underside of floors. It was very easy to overspray or get a ’splash back’ from the equipment used to apply this so there is likely to be debris around the sprayed... Read More
Loose Fill Asbestos
Where do you find Loose Fill Asbestos? Asbestos loose fill was used to insulate industrial and domestic premises so can be found in between cavity walls, under floorboards and in loft spaces. What does Loose Fill Asbestos look like? This is a loose, fluffy insulation material (similar to candyfloss), which maybe blue-grey or whitish in colour. The best advice if you suspect that it even could be asbestos... Read More
Asbestos Insulating Board AIB
Where do you find Asbestos Insulating Board? Asbestos Insulating Board is also known as AIB and it is a highly dangerous form of asbestos. Asbestos Insulating Board was commonly used as fireproofing material but it had many other uses such as: Partition walls Fireproofing panels in fire doors Lift shaft linings Ceiling tiles Soffits Panels below What does an Asbestos Insulating Board look like? Normal... Read More
Asbestos Lagging and Insulation
Where do you find Asbestos Lagging and Insulation? Asbestos lagging and insulation is mostly found in or on heating systems such as round boilers or calorifiers and around pipework. What does Asbestos Lagging and Insulation look like? This type of asbestos has many different appearances but is mostly a fibrous material which flakes and powders easily. When applied to pipes it is often covered in... Read More
