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Crocidolite
(blue); Amosite (brown); and Chrysotile (white) asbestos cannot
usually be identified by their colour alone. There are 1,000’s
of products containing asbestos used throughout the industrial
and domestic sectors, including:
Thermal Insulation – pipes; boilers,
etc
Sprayed Coating – ceilings; structural
building components
Insulating Board – wall panels; doors;
fire-breaks; ceiling tiles, etc
Cloth, Ropes and Yarns – fire blankets;
gaskets; lagging; clothing, etc
Paper/Millboard – roofing felt; damp-proof
courses; flooring; lagging, etc
Cement – profiled sheets; roofing sheets
and tiles; decorative panels; soffits; partitioning; rain-water
goods; tanks and cisterns, etc
Bitumen Products – roofing felts; damp-proof
courses; gutter linings, etc
Textured Coatings – walls; ceilings,
etc
Positive identification may only be possible through sampling
and analysis in a UKAS accredited laboratory.
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