Hi JIM.

27-Dec-02 23:38:00, JIM HOLSONBACK wrote to CHARLES ANGELICH

 JB>>>> possibly asbestos cememt?

 JH> Thin sheets of AC -  maybe a bit more than 1/8" thick were used in
 JH> this part of the country for a number of years - -

fibre cement (Hardiflex (tm)) comes in different thicknesses from 20mm (for
flooring) to 4mm (popular as eaves lining)

industrial grade ("super six") Corrogated AC roofing was the only roofing
given a perfect score after a hurricane swept through Darwin.  roofs of all
other types suffered wind damage  (but not all other roofs)

that stuff was engineered well.

 JB>> over here it's legal to retain it in existing construction but no
 JB>> longer available new. the replacemnrt product is called fiber
 JB>> cement and has glass fibres (AFAIK) instead of asbestos.

 JH> First part -  about the same here - - plenty houses that old still
 JH> have AC siding and AC "lifetime shingle" roofs.  Those products
 JH> are not used now for new construction. There may be replacement
 JH> products here which use glass fibers, just for repairs of existing
 JH> applications.  I dunno for sure.

here they're still making FC it in a range of textures including planks
with a woodgrain, and shets that look like troweled plaster (with curved
ridges)  FC pipes are available and sometimes used for stormwater or for
columns

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