ASBESTOS
EXAMPLES -
The Rogue's Gallery
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"We
find asbestos in some unexpected
places"
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Asbestos appears in
some surprising places. During our site surveys, we have
taken samples from materials suspected of containing
asbestos and had them analysed to confirm or refute the
suspicion.
Below, we show a
selection of guilty products to demonstrate the wide
variety of uses and places it can be found.
All of these
products, regardless of the amount of asbestos contained
within them, need to be recorded and monitored within an
asbestos management programme under the Control of
Asbestos Regulations.
Important:
This information is provided as a general demonstration
only. Similar looking products in your building may or
may not contain asbestos. The only way to know for
certain is to have them sampled and tested.
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This
floor covering is vinyl, yet was shown to
contain asbestos.
The
actual content was only around
2%.
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Older vinyl floor
coverings often contained asbestos to add to their
strength. Normally, the material will appear quite stiff
and brittle when compared to the modern floor
coverings.
We often discover old
asbestos containing floor coverings underneath carpets,
or under newer vinyl coverings.
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Client
Quote: "You won't found any asbestos
here, we had it all removed years
ago".
Less
than two minutes later, we found this,
just lying on an external wall in a
common area.
The
gasket on this valve is made from
asbestos.
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Lying
on a shelf in a stationery cupboard was a
box of old ceiling tile samples used by
specifiers.
Most
were innocent, but one in particular
stood out from the
crowd.
Older
ceiling tiles often contain
asbestos.
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The
flash protectors on older fuse boxes like
this one are usually asbestos
lined.
Removing
the fuse exposes the asbestos which can
be seen clearly on the right hand fuse
holder in this
picture.
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This
asbestos board was left in position where
it used to protect the external wooden
cladding of a building from the heat of a
fan.
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Asbestos
Insulation Board and an Asbestos Cement
panel protect the steel work of a modern
industrial unit, forming a fire-break
between two units.
The
cement panel is damaged so will need to
be removed.
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From
the ground, the roof lining panels look
like plaster board.
Closer
inspection and laboratory testing
identified the surface coating of the
lining panels to be 100% Chrysotile
Asbestos.
The
poor condition presents a risk to
health.
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14
metres from the ground, it was impossible
to see that the exposed Asbestos
Insulation Board was actually cladding an
Asbestos Cement panel liner, which in
turn cladded an external Asbestos Cement
profile.
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From
the ground, it's easy to assume the
ceiling is
plasterboard.
Examination
and testing revealed a pure asbestos
paper lining a board.
If
disturbed, this can present a serious
risk to health.
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A
relatively new boiler system using an
older flue system was found to have
asbestos string gaskets as per this
photograph.
Visual
examination showed that the string was
fibrous, but to the untrained eye, it's
no different to normal
string.
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This
is the rear of a disused factory that had
it's roof replaced several years
ago.
Also,
the partitioning was stripped prior to
the building becoming
derelict.
Several
tons of Asbestos Insulation Board was
left exposed outside, together with the
sheets from the original
roof!
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