EXAMPLES OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS

A

• Air-conditioning ducts: exterior or interior acoustic and thermal insulation
• Arc shields in lift motor rooms or large electrical cabinets
• Asbestos-based plastics products - as electrical insulates and acid-resistant compositions or aircraft seat
• Asbestos ceiling tiles
• Asbestos cement conduit
• Asbestos cement electrical fuse boards Asbestos cement external roofs and walls
• Asbestos Cement in the use of form work when pouring concrete
• Asbestos cement internal flues and down pipes
• Asbestos cement moulded products such as gutters, ridge capping, gas meter covers, cable troughs and covers
• Asbestos cement pieces for packing spaces between floor joists and piers
• Asbestos cement (underground) pits, as used for traffic control wiring, telecommunications cabling, etc
• Asbestos cement render, plaster, mortar and coursework
• Asbestos cement sheet
• Asbestos cement sheet behind ceramic tiles
• Asbestos cement sheet internal over exhaust canopies such as ovens, fume cupboards, etc.
• Asbestos cement sheet internal walls and ceilings
• Asbestos cement sheet underlay for vinyl
• Asbestos cement storm drain pipes
• Asbestos cement water pipes (usually underground)
• Asbestos-containing laminates (e.g. Formica) used where heat resistance is required, e.g. ships
• Asbestos-containing pegboard
  • Asbestos felts
  • Asbestos marine board (e.g. marinate)
  • Asbestos mattresses used for covering hot equipment in power stations
  • Asbestos paper used variously for insulation, filtering and production of fire resistant laminates
  • Asbestos roof tiles
  • Asbestos textiles
  • Asbestos textile gussets in air-conditioning ducting systems
  • Asbestos yarn
  • Autoclave / steriliser insulation

B

• Bitumen-based water proofing such as malthoid, typically on roofs and floors but also in brickwork
• Bituminous adhesives and sealants Boiler gaskets
• Boiler insulation, slabs and wet mix Brake disc pads
• Brake linings

C

• Cable penetration insulation bags (typically Telecom)
• Calorifier insulation
• Car body filters (not common)
• Caulking compounds, sealant and adhesives
• Cement render

• Chrysotile wicks in kerosene heaters Clutch faces
• Compressed asbestos cement panels for flooring, typically verandas, bathrooms and steps for demountable buildings
• Compressed asbestos fibre (CAF) used in brakes and gaskets for plant and automobiles

D

• Door seals on ovens

E

• Electric heat banks - block insulation

• Electric hot water services - normally not asbestos but some millboard could be present
• Electric light fittings, high wattage, insulation around fitting (and bituminised)
• Electrical switchboards — see Pitch-based Exhausts on vehicles

F

• Filler in acetylene gas cylinders
• Filters - beverage; wine filtration
• Fire blankets
• Fire curtains
• Fire door insulation
• Fire-rated wall rendering containing asbestos with mortar
• Fire-resistant plaster board, typically on ships
• Fire-retardant material on steel work supporting reactors on columns in refineries in the chemical industry
• Flexible hoses
• Floor vinyl sheets Floor vinyl tiles
• Fuse blankets and ceramic fuses in switchboards

G

• GalbestosTM roofing materials (decorative coating on metal roof for sound proofing)
• Gaskets - chemicals, refineries Gaskets - general
• Gauze mats in laboratories / chemical refineries
• Gloves – asbestos

H

• Hairdryers - insulation around heating elements
• Header (manifold) insulation

I

• Insulation blocks
• Insulation in electric reheat units for air-conditioner systems

L

• Laboratory bench tops
• Laboratory fume cupboard panels
• Laboratory ovens - wall insulation
• Lagged exhaust pipes on emergency power generators
• Lagging in penetrations in fireproof walls
• Lifts shafts - asbestos cement panels lining the shaft at the opening of each floor, and asbestos packing around penetrations
• Limpet asbestos spray insulation
• Locomotives - steam; lagging on boilers, steam lines, steam dome and gaskets

M

• Mastics
• Millboard between heating unit and wall
• Millboard lining of switchboxes
• Mortar

P

• Packing materials for gauges, valves, etc., can be square packing, rope or loose fibre
• Packing material on window anchorage points in high rise buildings
• Paint, typically industrial epoxy paints
• Penetrations through concrete slabs in high rise buildings
• Pipe insulation including moulded sections, water-mix type, rope braid and sheet
• Pitch-based (e.g. zelemite, asbestos, lebah) electrical switchboard
• Plaster and plaster cornice adhesives

R

• Refractory linings
• Refractory tiles
• Rubber articles - extent of usage unknown

S

• Sealant between floor slab and wall, usually in boiler rooms, risers or lift shafts
• Sealant or mastik on windows
• Sealants and mastics in air conditioning ducting joints
• Spackle or plasterboard wall jointing compounds
• Sprayed insulation - acoustic wall and ceiling
• Sprayed insulation - beams and ceiling slabs
• Sprayed insulation - fire retardant sprayed on nut internally, for bolts holding external building wall panels
• Stoves - old domestic type; wall insulation

T

• Tape and rope - lagging and jointing
• Tapered ends of pipe lagging, where lagging is not necessarily asbestos
• Tilux sheeting in place of ceramic tiles in bathrooms
• Trailing cable under lift cabins
• Trains - country - guards vans - millboard between heater and wall
• Trains - Harris cars - sprayed asbestos between steel shell and laminex

V

• Valve, pump, etc. insulation

W

• Welding rods
• Woven asbestos cable sheath