Asbestos may be part of any commercial or domestic building which was built or refurbished before the year 2000. Asbestos can typically still be found in any of the following:

• asbestos cement products (pipes, flues, roofs etc)
• lagging (on pipes and boilers etc)
• water tanks and toilet cisterns
• asbestos insulating board (AIB – which closely resembles typical plasterboard)
• loose asbestos in ceiling and wall cavities
• sprayed coatings on ceilings, walls and beams / columns
• textured decorative coatings (commonly referred to as Artex)
• floor tiles
• textiles and composites

HSE has produced an excellent interactive diagram which illustrates where asbestos may be found.

Their asbestos image gallery also provides real photographs of typical asbestos-containing materials that can still be found today.

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