As a home or building owner you need to understand the risk of asbestos and where it could be found in your building. Any domestic or commercial building which was built before 2000 may be at risk of containing asbestos. It is important to understand where asbestos could be within your home or work place. Asbestos is usually found in the below products:
- Floor tiles, textiles and composites
- Asbestos cement products
- Asbestos insulating board
- Lagging
- Textured coatings
- Sprayed coatings on ceilings, columns/beams and walls
- Loose asbestos in ceiling or floor cavity
- Asbestos coated hot water and steam pipes
- Walls and floors around wood-burning stoves protected with asbestos paper, millboard, or cement sheets
- Roofing and siding shingles
- Vinyl floor tiles
- Vinyl sheet flooring and adhesives
- Wall and ceiling textured paint and patching compounds
- Boilers
- Pipe insulation
