Asbestos was commonly used in building materials for waterproofing and insulation during the 1950s and 1960s and mixed with cement to produce extensive lengths of water pipe across the U.S ...

Beneath the streets of America’s Finest City, are nearly 2,000 miles of asbestos concrete pipes carrying drinking water to thousands of homes. “That is shocking and that blows my mind,” said ...

Is your house more than 50 years old? If you have a radiator or steam heat, there's a chance you have asbestos pipe insulation, too. Wondering how you can tell? Your pipes will look as if they've ...

Asbestos can be found in: pipe lagging, insulation board, asbestos cement products such as profiled roof sheets and wall panels, floor coverings and asbestos sprayed coatings. ACMs such as gaskets and ...

Asbestos pipe insulation can have a sealer applied over it, and a floor can be covered with any number of materials. You asked about simply leaving it as is, which is possible but not recommended.

DANGEROUS asbestos is being stripped from Brighton's Parish Church. The asbestos pipe lagging was found in the basement area under St Peter's Church in York Place. It was installed several decades ...

including asbestos-containing pipe insulation and cement siding fragments scattered about the property near neighboring residences from December 2022 to May 2023. “Asbestos is a well-documented ...