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Gardens and garden accessories and asbestos

Asbestos cement (AC) sheets were used as formwork for garden beds and fences. Offcuts and broken pieces of sheeting were often buried in the garden. Moulded asbestos cement was also used to make garden accessories. 

Where was it used

Residential 

Locations

Garden & backyard, Garage, sheds & dog kennels, Fences, Mouldings and moulded products, Plumbing and drainage 

Known uses

Garden decorations, garden fences and borders, irrigation. 

AC sheeting and moulded asbestos cement was used for making garden accessories such as: 

  • compressed sheet table tops  

  • compressed sheet seats 

  • bench tops 

  • planter bowls 

  • letterbox stands. 

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Broken asbestos cement used as garden formwork
Broken asbestos cement used as garden formwork
Buried broken asbestos cement pieces in garden
Buried broken asbestos cement pieces in garden