Asbestos cement battens / cement strapping / cover strips
Description
Can be a moulded AC product for purpose, or sometimes just a cut piece of AC sheeting.
Used to cover the join between two cement sheet panels on eaves, walls and ceilings, window and door architraves, as well as for decorative patterns.
Flat or D mould (curved exposed surface)
Interior and exterior application.
Tilux branded laminated skirting and moulded cover strips also marketed circa 1940s in two patterned colours, to match sheeting.
Brands/products
- Fibrolite
- Tasbestos
- Flexboard
- Fibrock
- Asbestolite
- Durabestos
Years of production/use
Prior to 1990
Residential uses
Houses, garages, sheds and external toilets
Industrial uses
Sheds, offices, factories, warehouses, substations, workshops, pubs, government and community buildings.
Be aware
Cut sheeting adapted by builder may have exposed fibres on edges if not sealed.
Weathered or damaged stripping may expose unsealed sheeting , increasing the risk of further damage and asbestos friability.
