Where is asbestos found?
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 either during your work or simply as a homeowner. Get more about the risks of asbestos in our FAQs.
The HSE has produced some graphics detailing where asbestos hides.
(Note that AIB stands for Asbestos Insulation Board)
Industrial & Commercial Properties
Internal
1. 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 seats and cisterns
8. AIB panels in fire doors
9. Asbestos rope seals, gaskets and paper
10. Vinyl floor tiles
11. AIB around boilers
12. Textiles such as fire blankets
13. Textured decorating coatings on walls and ceilings, eg artex
External
14. Asbestos cement roof
15. Asbestos cement panels
16. Asbestos cement gutters and downpipes
17. Soffits – AIB or asbestos cement
18. Asbestos cement flue
Domestic & Residential Properties
Internal
1. Asbestos cement water tank
2. Pipe lagging
3. Loose fill insulation
4. Textured decorative coating, eg. artex
5. AIB ceiling tiles
6. AIB bath panelling
7. Toilet seat and cistern
9. AIB airing cupboard and/or sprayed insulation coating boiler
10. AIB partition wall
11. AIB interior window panel
12. AIB around boiler
13. Vinyl floor tiles
External
15. Gutters and Asbestos cement downpipes
16. Soffits – AIB or asbestos cement
17. AIB exterior window panel
18. Asbestos cement roof
19. Asbestos cement panels
20. Roofing felt
Remember, AIB stands for Asbestos Insulating Board, commonly used as fireproofing material but with many other uses as you can see!
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