Asbestos products gallery

The asbestos products displayed below were commonly used in buildings.

See the low density asbestos fibre board (LDB) photo gallery for more information on where LDB can be found in buildings.

Roof types

Super Six roof sheeting, asbestos guttering and ridge capping

Super Six roof sheeting installed in a Tuscan style

Multi notched shingle sheeting

Asbestos shingle tiles

Galbestos metal roof sheeting

Asbestos shingle tiles sealed with terracotta ridge capping

Guttering and downpipes

Guttering with a socketed end

75 mm downpipe

Raised front double socketed internal angled guttering

Raised front double socketed external angled guttering

External cladding

Hardiflex soffit sheeting with drilled diamond pattern

Hardiflex slotted soffit sheeting

Coverline external sheeting

Shadowline external sheeting

Internal side of Infill panels

Pebble stone infill panels external side

Hardiplank Smooth

Hardiplank Woodgrain

Striated Sheets

Striated Sheet with ACM conice cover strips

Colorbord infill panels

Flat sheeting with 50 mm cover strips

Imitation brick containing asbestos

An old Queenslander with a verandah enclosed with ACM wall sheeting

Garage with roof and walls

Drainage and water supply

100 mm pipes

100 mm pipe bends and sockets

Rainwater heads and downpipe

DT surround (disconnector trap)

Vent pipe cap and socket

150 mm stormwater pipe

Textile rope insulation around the hot water pipes

Main water pipe on a concrete stand

Textile electrical wiring to an old auto boiler

Fencing

Painted Super Six fence and capping

Unpainted Super Six fence and capping

Woven Hardiplank fence

Woven Hardiplank Wood grain fence

Other ACM items in the garden

Compressed sheet table top

Planter bowl

Planter bowl under a letter

Ac water pipe letter box stand

Free form planter type B

Compressed sheeting bench top

Moulded compressed sheet bench seating

Floor coverings

Domestic sheet vinyl floor covering

Vinyl floor tiles 225 mm x 225 mm

Internal cladding

Close up of LDB ceiling sheeting with bevelled edges

Ceiling sheets with D mould cover strips

Tilux splashback over a sink

Tilux wall sheeting in the shower

Electrical

Insulation board behind the small package board

Zelimite backing board to the switchboard

Asbestos insulation board around the element of the hot water system

Hot water system with electrical wiring sheathed with textile asbestos

Porcelain Fuse holder with asbestos textile flash arrester

Textile seal to some ovens

An electrical switchboard mounting board that was manufactured with asbestos.

Asbestos textile wadding used in porcelain fuse holders.

Builders pole with a metal cabinet that contains a zelemite mounting board.

Timber-framed switchboard with a zelemite mounting board and internally lined with asbestos sheeting (Fibro).

Timber-framed switchboard lined internally with asbestos sheeting (fibro) or millboard. The mounting panel is a Zelemite board.

A small package board mounted over an asbestos insulation board or millboard, (white material partially visible behind the package board is the asbestos board). The asbestos board was usually nailed with clout nails or stapled to painted particle timber board.

Zelemite used to insulate busbars fitted to the metal switchboard cabinet.

Asbestos spark arrestors or flash guards installed in a circuit breaker cabinet.

An opened 'Federal' cast-iron switch, with asbestos textile around the door edge and asbestos millboard under the ceramic contacts. Note the presence of fine dust inside the unit.