Asbestos cement fencing and screen panelling

Description

Any external AC sheeting or plank sheets. Corrugated, flat or moulded sheeting. Fence styles varied with flat sheeting.

Painted moulded panels may have steel appearance. Moulded woodgrain, if painted will appear as timber.

Corrugated often capped with AC capping or barge moulding.

Boundary and garden fencing, pool fencing, ramp rails, patio screening.

Lower sections of panel fencing may be buried  up to 600mm to provide vertical stability.

Years of production/use

Prior to 1990

Brands/products
  • Super six
  • Durabestos
  • Deep six
  • Master seven
  • Durawall
  • Ribwall
  • Galbestos (USA)
  • Hardiplank
  • Fibrock
  • Hardiflex
  • Shadowline
  • Coverline
  • Fibrolite
  • Tasbestos
  • Asbestolite
  • Montana
Residential uses

Industrial uses

Be aware

Like roofing, AC sheeting will also be affected by weathering over time whereby asbestos fibres can become exposed.

Weathered sheeting may have organic growth which may assist deterioration.

Examples of AC sheet fencing subject to weathering and damage, exposing fibres

Email: enquiries@asbestossafety.gov.au

Phone: 1300 326 148

© 2024 Commonwealth of Australia

The Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.

Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra.

Made with     by Toggle and Ident.