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Originally Posted by Lady's Human

Asbestos in situ isn't going to harm anyone. It's inert.
Airborne asbestos=bad. Asbestos undisturbed in a building? Not a problem.

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Not true. Asbestos cement breaks down over a period of time, and flakes away.
We all know that sawing or drilling it creates the air particles. But flaking pipes and boards and other building elements are just as dangerous. The flakes turn to dust.

Hence undisturbed.

I was going to avoid getting into asbestos containment and removal 101, but thanks for the clarification.

Should I post the PDF of the manual? :p

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Originally Posted by Lady's Human

Hence undisturbed.

I was going to avoid getting into asbestos containment and removal 101, but thanks for the clarification.

Should I post the PDF of the manual? :p

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I could imagine what that manual contains. If it's anything like ours, you'd have to get dressed up like Neil Armstrong to go near the bloody stuff.
We had quite a few deaths here attributed to asbestos in the Navy. Evidently they used to wrap the pipes in the engine rooms and places like that with a loose kind of asbestos lagging....Asbestos Blue ??? I think they called it from memory.

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Originally Posted by Asiel

Not too hard to figure that one out...key word being the "government". They make rules to suit themselves, not our health and safety for sure.

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Hah !!! That is so true.
I remember a few years ago, they had water restrictions in Sydney because we had a particularly dry season, and immigration had let in a few gazillion immigrants with no thought given to upgrading the water infrastructure.
There was a burst water main one day, and govt. took their time in fixing it, they certainly were in no hurry.....the media got hold of it, and the govt. did a big panic and got it fixed in no time then....hee hee

Asbestos, or Fiber GLASS is dangerous when airborne. Why do they always come out with these revelations of how bad this stuff is, way after people have inhaled it???

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Originally Posted by wombat2u2004

I could imagine what that manual contains. If it's anything like ours, you'd have to get dressed up like Neil Armstrong to go near the bloody stuff.
We had quite a few deaths here attributed to asbestos in the Navy. Evidently they used to wrap the pipes in the engine rooms and places like that with a loose kind of asbestos lagging....Asbestos Blue ??? I think they called it from memory.

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Pretty much. Full bunny suit with pumped in air. Main way to remove the crap is to soak it completely then remove it, then wash down the area where it was removed.

There are three fiber types of asbestos, depending on where it's mined. Looking it up, blue asbestos would be reasonable, as it's mined down under.

It was used all over naval ships, some of the vids from WW2 construction yards are eerie. The dust is so thick in the air you can't see through it.