Home / Building structures & components / Walls / Asbestos cement ventilators Asbestos cement ventilators Description Moulded vent, sitting external to, or plastered into wall or ceiling sheet.May be rectangular or round, in shape. May be a sheet adjacent to and covering insect mesh.Internal and external use. Years of production/use Prior to 1990 Brands/products AsbestoliteDurabestosFibroliteFibrock Residential uses Houses Industrial uses Offices, government and public buildingsCommunity buildings, churches Be aware Damaged vents may leave debris behind wall or in duct space if installed as point of entry for air duct. May have identical appearance to plaster cast vents. Asbestolite image circa 1950s Wunderlich image 1941 Vents on external AC walls – Wunderlich image 1940s Durabestos vents in soffit panels – Wunderlich image 1949