Where can you find asbestos?
Asbestos can be found in any industrial or residential building built or refurbished before the year 2000. It is in many of the common materials used in the building trade that you may come across during your work.
Industrial Properties
Inside1. 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 eg fire blankets 13. Textured decorating coatings on walls and ceilings eg artex |
Outside14. 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 |
Residential Properties
InsideA. Asbestos cement Water tank B. Pipe lagging C. Loose fill insulation D. Textured decorative coating eg artex E. AIB ceiling tiles F. AIB bath panel G. Toilet seat and cistern H. AIB behind fuse box I. AIB airing cupboard and/or sprayed insulation coating boiler J. AIB partition wall K. AIB interior window panel L. AIB around boiler M. Vinyl floor tiles N. AIB behind fire |
OutsideO. Gutters andAsbestos 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 |
Kenick Services Ltd
The Drill Hall
Warne Road
Weston-super-Mare,
North Somerset
BS23 3SD
T: 01934 628776
E: mail@kenick.co.uk
