Asbestos Containing Materials

If your home or property was built or renovated before 1990, you may be surprised where asbestos products have been used. One in three Adelaide homes contains asbestos materials, below is a short video and examples highlighting some of the areas you may find asbestos in your home or property:

• Vinyl floor tiles
• Sheet vinyl floor coverings
• Eaves linings
• Firewall partitions
• Cement sheeting in wet areas
• Porch/Veranda ceilings and walls
• Window putty
• Door linings and internal insulation
• Insulation to structural beams and columns
• Vermiculite insulation

• Roof sheets, gutters and down pipes
• Shingle roof tiles
• Fibre cement fencing, pipes and flues
• Lagging around water pipes
• Electrical meter backing boards and cabinet linings
• Acoustic plaster
• Air-conditioning materials, duct work and insulation
• Pipe work gaskets
• Sprayed insulation
• Adhesives