Asbestos Products
This page is predominatley for the general public to show the type of products the company have encountered throughout the work history
Loose insulation : -
Bulk loose fill, bulk fibrefilled mattresses quilts and blankets. Also 'jiffy bag' type products used for sound insulation.
Located/use : - Bulk loose fill insulation is now rarely found but may be encountered unexpectedly, eg DIY loft insulation and firestop packing around cables between floors. Mattresses and quilts used for thermal insulation of industrial boilers were filled with loose asbestos. Paper bags/sacks were also loose-filled and used for sound insulation under floors and in walls.
Sprayed coatings : -
Dry applied, wet applied and trowelled finish.
Located/use : - Thermal and anticondensation insulation on underside of roofs and sometimes sides of industrial buildings and warehouses. Acoustic insulation in theatres, halls etc. Fire protection on steel and reinforced concrete beams/columns and on underside of floors. Overspray of target areas is common.
Thermal insulation : -
Hand-applied thermal lagging, pipe and boiler lagging, preformed pipe sections, slabs, blocks. Also tape, rope, corrugated paper, quilts, felts, and blankets.
Located/use : - Redundant pipe work at high level.
Asbestos boards : -
‘Millboard’.
Located/use : - ‘Millboard’ was used for general heat insulation and fire protection. Also used for insulation of electrical equipment and plant.
Asbestos boards : -
Insulating board.
Located/use : - Used for fire protection, thermal and acoustic insulation, resistance to moisture movement and general building board. Found in service ducts, firebreaks, infill panels, partitions and ceilings (including ceiling tiles), roof underlay, wall linings, soffits, external canopies and porch linings.
Asbestos boards : -
Insulating board in cores and linings of composite products.
Located/use : - Found in fire doors, cladding infill panels, domestic boiler casings, partition and ceiling panels, oven linings and suspended floor systems. Used as thermal insulation and sometimes as acoustic attenuators.
Paper, felt and cardboard
Located/use : - Asbestos impregnated cardboard found on within the outer structure (covering) of old style boiler for insulation purposes..
Textiles : -
Ropes and yarns.
Located/use : - Used as lagging on pipes (see above), jointing and packing materials and as heat/fire-resistant boiler, oven and flue sealing. Caulking in brickwork. Plaited asbestos tubing in electric cable.
Textiles : -
Cloth.
Located/use : - Thermal insulation and lagging (see above), including fire-resisting blankets, mattresses, protective curtains, gloves aprons and overalls. Curtains, gloves etc were sometimes aluminised to reflect heat.
Textiles : -
Gaskets and
washers.
Located/use : - Used widely in domestic and industrial plant and pipe systems ranging from hot water boilers to industrial power and chemical plant.
Textiles : -
Strings.
Located/use : - Used for sealing hot water radiators.
Friction products : -
Resin-based materials.
Located/use : - Transport, machinery and lifts, used for brakes and clutch plates.
Friction products : -
Drive belts/conveyor
belts.
Located/use : - Engines, conveyors.
Cement products : -
Profiled sheets.
Located/use : - Roofing, wall cladding. Permanent shuttering, cooling tower elements.
Cement products : -
Semi-compressed
flat sheet and
partition board.
Located/use : - Partitioning in farm buildings and infill panels for housing, shuttering in industrial buildings, decorative panels for facings, bath panels, soffits, linings to walls and ceilings, portable buildings, propagation beds in horticulture, domestic structural uses, fire surrounds, composite panels for fire protection, weather boarding.
Cement products : -
Fully compressed flat
sheet used for tiles,
slates, board.
Located/use : - As above, but where stronger materials are required, and as slates, board cladding, decking and roof slates (eg rollerskating rinks, laboratory worktops). Higher asbestos content sheets produced for industrial applications as a high grade arc and heat-resistant material.
Cement products : -
Pre-formed moulded
products and
extruded products.
Located/use : - Cable troughs and conduits. Cisterns and tanks. Drains and sewer pressure pipes. Fencing. Flue pipes. Rainwater goods. Roofing components (fascias, soffits etc). Ventilators and ducts. Weather boarding. Window sills and boxes, bath panels, draining boards, extraction hoods, copings, promenade tiles etc.
Other encapsulated materials : -
Textured coatings.
Located/use : - Decorative/flexible coatings on walls and ceilings.
Other encapsulated materials : -
Bitumen products.
Located/use : - Roofing felts and shingles, semi-rigid asbestos bitumen roofing. Gutter linings and flashings. Bitumen damp-proof courses (dpc). Asbestos/bitumen coatings on metals (eg car body underseals). Bitumen mastics and adhesives (used for floor tiles and wall coverings).
Other encapsulated materials : -
Flooring.
Located/use : - Thermoplastic floor tiles. PVC vinyl floor tiles and unbacked PVC flooring. Asbestos paper-backed PVC floors. Magnesium oxychloride flooring used in WCs, staircases and industrial flooring.
Other encapsulated materials : -
Reinforced PVC.
Located/use : - Panels and cladding.
Other encapsulated materials : -
Reinforced
plastic and resin
composites.
Located/use : -
Used for toilet cisterns, seats, banisters,
window seals, lab bench tops.