Asbestos On Walls

The cracks or damps on the walls may also result in the release of the asbestos fibers from the affected plaster.

Asbestos on walls.

As late as the 1970s. Asbestos is a naturally occurring fiber commonly used in many building products through the late 1980 s. As you sit at home in quarantine during this covid 19 pandemic thinking about remodeling that basement or spare bedroom demolishing old sheetrock walls or removing outdated paneling might be in your plans. The date a building was built is often the most important clue to whether or not it contains asbestos.

Asbestos has been linked to multiple health problems including a type of cancer called mesothelioma. Asbestos was widely used in drywall manufacturing across the u s. Photo at left from rosato. One such building product is the decorative plaster used on many ceilings and walls during the relevant period.

Asbestos was common in building materials between 1920 and 1986 asbestos was common in decorative plaster between the 1940s and 1980s and in the artex ceilings that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Asbestos walls were used because of their fireproofing heat resistance and moisture resistance properties. Wallboard drywall joint compound contained asbestos. Used as fireproofing in a cement asbestos form on furnace and boiler room ceilings and walls and corrugated decorative wallboard used in theaters.

Australia constructed many asbestos walls between the post war construction boom after the 1940 s through to the 1980s after which asbestos building materials were phased out. Part three in a series about asbestos in your house.