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Concrete slabs and asbestos

Concrete slabs can contain various forms of asbestos.
Powdered asbestos was mixed with cement to reduce cracking. Broken pieces of asbestos cement sheeting were used as filler in concrete.
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Door, window, cornice & joining strip mouldings and asbestos

Strip mouldings can have plain or rounded (spigoted) edges, including louvre blades. A round nail may be visible on the strip, usually just above the surface.
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Fire place, gas heaters, wood fire heaters and asbestos

Sheets that contain asbestos are found as the base and around fireplaces. They are also found around wood fire heaters, around gas heaters and also as the wick in kerosene heaters.
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Millboard and asbestos

Asbestos millboard was mostly used for insulation and fire protection, and around heating elements in air conditioning ducts. 
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Movement joints or caulking with asbestos

Movement joints of 30.5 centimetres (1 foot) lengths were made with soft, non-hardening caulking material. The caulking forms a flexible seal used in seams, joints and openings between pipes, planks and wall sections. 
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Paints and asbestos

Paints containing asbestos look the same as paints without asbestos and can be friable. Be asbestos aware. Find out where they were used.
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