Defect type
·13 observations
High · 4–4/5
Laundry Walls Fibrous Cement Sheeting
Laundry Walls Fibrous Cement Sheeting is a high-severity asbestos defect SURE inspectors have documented across 13 inspection reports.
Causes
- Building material choice (historical)
- Material choice during construction
- Use of fibrous cement sheeting as a building material
- Use of fibrous cement building materials from a certain era
- Construction material
Symptoms to look for
- Presence of fibrous cement sheeting in laundry ceiling
- Presence of fibrous cement sheeting in laundry walls
- Sections of the cladding are fibrous cement sheeting
- Presence of fibrous cement sheeting
- Presence of fibrous cement sheeting in wall cladding
Remedies
- Conduct an asbestos lab test to confirm material
Critical
Get an inspector through this property.
Findings in this category skew high severity. If you are under contract, we can usually book inside the cooling-off window. Every inspection includes 12 months of free advice.
Inspector-written
Curated entries in Asbestos
- Curated 2–4/5Damaged Asbestos Cement Eave Linings
Cracked, broken, or deteriorating asbestos cement (fibro) eave linings with exposed fibre edges. Common in pre-1990 Perth and Sydney homes. While bonded asbestos in good condition is low risk, damaged sheets with exposed edges present an inhalation hazard during maintenance.
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