Plant / machinery

Fire doors may have a friable asbestos core inside a door made of millboard, or be made from cement sheeting. They may be covered in wood, veneer or cladding, and have mastic insulation that looks like a plastic coating or tape.

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.

Flue pipes and fittings were moulded from asbestos cement and may still be found in many Australian homes and buildings.

Reyrolle fuses are tan or brown with a compressed particle or Bakelite casing, and copper or silver ends. They are roughly 65mm wide and 250mm long. 

Two types of fuses containing asbestos were used on electricity meter boards in the 1960s:   Henley and Federal

A gasket containing Non-Friable asbestos may be moulded to the same shape as the surface, or look like a fibrous rope or matting. It may be wrapped between the bracket, pipework and gasket.