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
Following the cease of asbestos use, Hardie’s manufactured near identical cellulose fibre products under the names Hardiplank II Woodgrain, Hardiplank II Smooth and Hardiflex II. This may be branded on the underside edging. If unsure, sampling for testing by a NATA accredited laboratory is the only method of confirming the non-asbestos product.
Brands/products
- Super six
- Durabestos
- Deep six
- Master seven
- Durawall
- Ribwall
- Galbestos (USA)
- Hardiplank Smooth
- Hardiplank Woodgrain
- Fibrock
- Hardiflex
- Shadowline
- Coverline
- Fibrolite
- Tasbestos
- Asbestolite
- Montana
Residential uses
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Industrial uses
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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
