Eco Rubber Industrial has the expertise to be able to repair and maintain your roof, even if it is asbestos sheeting – you don’t necessarily need to replace – you need our expertise to repair to as good as new.
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that can be fluffed into a wooly consistency and mixed into building materials, like cement. Adding asbestos makes cement more durable, weatherproof, and heat resistant Because asbestos cement sheets are fireproof, builders thought of them as a much safer material than wood. Today, it is well known that adding asbestos to cement also makes it highly toxic.
“Asbestos cement sheet” was once synonymous with “fibrous cement sheet,” and it has also been generically called “AC sheet” and “fibro.” Common types of asbestos cement sheets include:
Corrugated asbestos sheets
Fibrous cement created an easy and affordable alternative to corrugated metal panels, which offer little insulation and inevitably rust over time. Corrugated asbestos sheets were used in the roofing and siding of all types of buildings, especially in factories and farms.
Asbestos flatsheet
Because fibrous cement is more water resistant than drywall, flat sheets of asbestos cement found their way into the interiors of homes and businesses as walls and used as underlayment for flooring.
Asbestos lumber
Also called asbestos cement sheathing, “asbestos lumber” was not made out of wood at all. Instead, it was marketed as a superior alternative to wood. It was fireproof and electrically non-conductive, yet still soft enough to be worked like natural lumber. Asbestos lumber was used as a base for roofing and siding materials such as shingles and false brick facing.
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