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Asbestos materials in Bendigo homes
If your home or building was built or renovated before 1990, it likely contains asbestos somewhere. These are the materials most often found in Bendigo homes, how to recognise each one, and what removal involves.
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Common materials
Vinyl floor tiles and sheet vinyl
Tiles, sheet vinyl backings and black adhesive. Friable backings need a Class A removalist.
Fibro walls and cladding
Flat and weatherboard-pattern asbestos cement sheet, inside and out, across post-war Bendigo.
Eaves
The most commonly drilled asbestos in a house: lights, cameras and gutter-guard brackets.
Pipe lagging and insulation
Usually friable. Hot water pipes, boilers and heaters in older homes, halls and schools.
Flues, gutters and downpipes
Grey cement fittings, usually found when a heater or roof is replaced.
Electrical cupboards and meter boards
Older board behind meters and fuses, disturbed by solar and switchboard upgrades.
How to use these pages
Each page covers one material: where it's found in Bendigo homes, how to recognise it, how it's tested, what not to do, and which licence removal needs. They're written for owners, landlords and buyers of homes built or renovated before 1990, when asbestos was common in Australian building products.
Start with the material you've found. If you're not sure what it is, the does my house have asbestos? guide walks through the likely places room by room.
You can't confirm asbestos by looking at it. Only a laboratory test of a sample can. See asbestos testing in Bendigo.
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