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Asbestos Uses / Trades
Asbestos has a number of valuable properties which include not only physical strength but also resistance to chemicals, non-combustibility and good thermal and electrical insulation. As a result it was heavily used in the construction and shipbuilding industries particularly in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The following table sets out examples of asbestos products used by many of our clients:
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ASBESTOS PRODUCTS
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Pipe Insulation/Lagging |
Lagged pipes in boiler rooms, engine rooms, hard set or pre-formed sections, insulation to boilers, hot water cylinders etc |
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Asbestos Ropes/String |
Used to seal joints to boilers, tubes, chimneys, gaskets, kiln lining, heaters, valves |
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Asbestos Cement |
Corrugated roofing sheets, roofing tiles, partition walls, flat sheets, infield panels, bath panels, guttering, water tanks, flu pipes, eaves, soffits, facia boards and flower boxes |
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Insulation Boards |
Partition walls, infield panels, boxings, ceiling tiles, fire brakes, door lining |
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Sprayed Coatings
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Used on structural steelwork, applied to walls, ceilings, bulkheads, deckheads etc |
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Asbestos Cloth and Textiles |
Fire blankets and fireproof clothing |
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Gaskets |
Pipe flanges |
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Friction Products |
Brake linings to road and rail vehicles, lifts and other machinery |
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Asbestos Thermo-plastical Vinyl Floor Tiles |
Floor tiles, skirtings |
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Asbestos Bitumen Products
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Roofing felt, gutter linings |
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