Where Asbestos Can Be Found…
Asbestos can be found in any industrial or residential building built or refurbished before the year 2000. It is in many common materials used in the building trade that you may come across during your life and/or work.
Residential Property:
A. Asbestos cement water tank
B. Pipe lagging
C. Loose-fill insulation
D. Textured decorative coating e.g. Artex
E. AIB ceiling tiles
F. AIB bath panels
G. Toilet seat and cistern
H. AIB behind the fuse box
I. AIB airing cupboard and/or sprayed insulation coating boiler
J. AIB partition wall
K. AIB interior window panel
L. AIB around the boiler
M. Vinyl floor tiles
N. AIB behind the fire
O. Gutters and asbestos cement downpipes
P. Soffits – AIB or asbestos cement
Q. AIB exterior window panel
R. Asbestos cement roof
S. Asbestos cement panels
T. Roofing felt
*AIB = Asbestos Insulating Board
Industrial Property:
1. Sprayed coatings on ceilings, walls, beams, and columns
2. Asbestos cement water tank
3. Loose-fill insulation
4. Lagging on boilers and pipes
5. AIB ceiling tiles
6. Toilet seat and cistern
7. AIB partition walls
8. AIB panels in fire doors
9. Asbestos rope seals, gaskets, and paper
10. Vinyl floor tiles
11. AIB around boilers
12. Textiles e.g. Fire blankets
13. Textured decorating coatings on walls and ceilings e.g. Artex
14. Asbestos cement roof
15. Asbestos cement panels
16. Asbestos cement gutters and downpipes
17. Soffits – AIB or asbestos cement
18. Asbestos cement flue
*AIB = Asbestos Insulating Board
Remember:
- Asbestos is only a danger when fibres are made airborne and breathed in
- People who smoke and are also exposed to asbestos are at much greater risk of developing lung cancer
- You can’t see or smell asbestos fibres in the air
- Effects of being exposed to asbestos take many years to show up, so avoid breathing it in now
- If the asbestos is in good condition and is located somewhere where it can’t be easily damaged then it shouldn’t be a risk
Source: https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/building.htm