Asbestos cement flue pipes, cowls and fittings
Description
AC flue components for attachment to slow combustion (gas and briquette) heaters, gas hot water systems, cookers and central heating units.
Pipe straight sections, bends, reducing connectors, socket connectors, adapters, bafflers and cowls of various shapes and sizes. Pipe shapes were rounded and rectangular with a range of diameter sizes.
Brands/products
- Fibrolite
- Durabestos
Years of production/use
Prior to 1990
Residential uses
- Houses, garages, apartment blocks
Industrial uses
- Community buildings
- Plant rooms for multi-story buildings with central heating units
Be aware
Heater units still present may have AC millboard sheets as insulation liners in vicinity.
Accumulation of asbestos containing dust/ash in pipework.
AC parts covered with other materials, such as steel or tin throughout life.
Larger rounded pipes may have visual appearance of PVC.
