Why asbestos is still a problem after the ban.
Why was asbestos used in roof sheets.
Flat roof asbestos typically centres on two main types of asbestos.
Asbestos cement corrugated sheeting.
Asbestos was typically used in the flat roofs of garages sheds barns factories warehouses and offices.
It is black and pretty difficult to remove.
Asbestos cement roof tiles are usually square shaped and their color is a combination of grey and black.
Asbestos flatsheet because fibrous cement is much more water resistant than drywall flat sheets of asbestos cement found their way into the interiors of homes and businesses as walls and underlayment for flooring.
Although invented at the end of the 19th century the material rose to necessity during world war ii to make sturdy inexpensive military housing and continued to be used widely.
Is made from a mixture of cement and asbestos fibres as such unless it is painted it looks grey in colour and tends also to have a noticeable fibrous look about it this is particularly the case where it has been used as roofing.
Aib s were used in both commercial and domestic properties to create walls.
Asbestos cement genericized as fibro or fibrolite short for fibrous or fibre cement sheet and ac sheet is a building material in which asbestos fibres are used to reinforce thin rigid cement sheets.
According to one study among 300 families in yen bai thanh hoa 85 of households use asbestos roofing sheets but only 5 know about their harms.
Asbestos was used in a number of different materials that were used to create walls which makes visual identification difficult.
Some of the most common types of acm that were used to create walls include asbestos insulation board aib and cement sheets.
The problems with the roof sheets occur as they deteriorate with age and consequently become more brittle.
It was one of the most used types of asbestos containing material for roof building mainly as an underlayment.
The naturally occurring mineral was used in different types of building products including roofing sheets.
These usually contain white asbestos chrysotile of which it comprises 10 15 asbestos fibres mixed with cement.
It is generally easy to distinguish from other forms of corrugated materials such as colorbond and galvanised metal.
About 90 of the imported asbestos is used to produce about 100 million m 2 of cement roofing sheets asbestos cement.
Mesothelioma approx 2 500 asbestos related lung cancer approx 2 500 asbestosis approx 460.
By 1999 all asbestos inlcuding white was banned from use in the uk.
Even today over 5000 people die each year because of asbestos exposure.
They can last for more than 40 years and if undamaged.
Corrugated asbestos sheets were used in the roofing and siding of all types of buildings especially in factories and farms.
