Product

Location

%
Asbestos

Dates of
Use

Binder

Friable/
Nonfriable

How fibers can
be released

ROOFING & SIDING

Roofing felts

Flat, built up roofs

10-15

1910-present

Asphalt

Nonfriable

Replacing, repairing, demolishing

Roof felt shingles

Roofs

1

1971-1974

Asphalt

Friable

Replacing, demolishing

Roofing shingles

Roofs

20-32

?-present

Portland cement

Nonfriable

Replacing, repairing, demolishing

Roofing Tiles

Roofs

20-30

1930-present

Portland cement

Nonfriable

Replacing, repairing, demolishing

Siding shingles

Siding

12-14

?-present

Portland cement

Nonfriable

Replacing, repairing, demolishing

Clapboards

Siding

12-15

1944-1945

Portland cement

Nonfriable

Replacing, repairing, demolishing

WALLS & CEILINGS

Sprayed coating

Ceilings, walls, and
steelwork

1-95

1935-1978

Portland cement, sodium silicate, organic binders

Friable

Water damage, deterioration, impact

Troweled coating

Ceilings, walls

1-95

1936-1978

Portland cement, sodium silicate

Friable

Water damage, deterioration, impact

Asbestos-cement sheet

Near heat sources such as fireplaces, boilers

20-50

1930-present

Portland cement

Nonfriable

Cutting, sanding, scraping

Spackle

Walls, ceilings

3-5

1930-1978

Starch, casein, synthetic resins

Friable

Cutting, sanding, scraping

Joint compounds

Walls, ceilings

3-5

1945-1977

Asphalt

Friable

Cutting, sanding, scraping

Textured paints

Walls, ceilings

4-15

?-1978

Friable

Cutting, sanding, scraping

Millboard, rollboard

Walls, commercial buildings

80-85

1925-?

Starch, lime, clay

Friable

Cutting, demolition

Vinyl wallpaper

Walls

6-8

?

Nonfriable

Removal, sanding, dry scraping, cutting

Insulation board

Walls

30

?

Silicates

Friable

Removal, sanding, dry scraping, cutting

FLOORS

Vinyl-asbestos tile

Floors

21

1950-1980?

Poly(vinyl)-chloride

Nonfriable

Removal, sanding, dry scraping, cutting

Asphalt-asbestos tile

Floors

26-33

1920-1980?

Asphalt

Nonfriable

Removal, sanding, dry scraping, cutting

Resilient sheet flooring

Floors

30

1950-1980?

Dry oils

Nonfriable

Removal, sanding, dry scraping, cutting

Mastic ashesives

Sheet flooring and tile backing

5-25

1945-1980?

Asphalt

Friable

Removal, sanding, dry scraping, cutting

PIPES & BOILERS

Cement pipe and fittings

Water and sewer mains

20-?

1935-present

Portland cement

Nonfriable

Demolition, cutting, removing

Block insulation

Boilers

6-15

1890-1978

Magnesium carbonate, calcium silicate

Friable

Damage, cutting, deterioration

Preformed pipe wrap

Pipes

50

1926-1975

Magnesium carbonate, calcium silicate

Friable

Damage, cutting, deterioration

Corrugated asbestos paper

Pipes, high temp., moderate temp.

90
35-70

1935-1980?
1910-1980?

Sodium silicate, starch

Friable

Damage, cutting, deterioration

Paper tape

Furnaces, steam valves, flanges, electrical wiring

80

1901-1980?

Polymers, starches, silicates

Friable

Tearing, deterioration

Putty (mudding)

Plumbing joints

20-100

1900-1973

Clay

Friable

Water damage, cutting, deterioration