Asbestos

wontbefooledagain

Hello!

Have an old oil burner I want to replace and had a couple of questions someone might be able to help with :

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• is the flue likely to be made of asbestos concrete?
• Would the burner itself have an asbestos inside it? ( not sure how old). It seemed to have a crumbling soft material (yellow/ orange) behind the door of the burner when you look inside. Would this have been some form of insulator or just build up?
• The roof of the shed it is in has corrugated sheeting - grey- old, would they be likely to have asbestos?
  

I will get a survey done but just wanted to have an idea of what I’m dealing with.

Thanks.

10-10-20

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058396775/asbestos

Hi,

Chimney: chalky grey-white and fibrous at the base… likely to be asbestos.

https://www.asbestos-sampling.com/pages/asbestos-flue-pipe

Boiler: Soft yellow/orange material as an insulator… could possibly be asbestos.

https://www.boxt.co.uk/boilers/guides/asbestos-boiler-installation

Corrugated Roofing: Could be cement fibre or asbestos.

https://www.danmarque.co.uk/is-my-garage-roof-asbestos/

You can get test-kits for asbestos, have a look online, but we also linked to the here in the past too.

Hope it helps.

wontbefooledagain

Thanks for that.
I was thinking the flue and tiles were likely to have it. Wasn’t so sure about the burner which I thought would have been silicate or similar.