Asbestos Products Database

The Asbestos Products Database is Australia’s first comprehensive online database to assist homeowners, renovators, tradespeople and some industries to identify asbestos-containing materials so they can be managed safely. The database provides  multiple search options for products commonly used in residential and commercial properties, in agriculture, automotive, industrial, plant and marine products and features over 60 different product types and more than 550 product photographs with descriptions and locations where these products might be found in homes built or renovated prior to 1990. 

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NameCarpet Underlay
CaptionSample of carpet underlay
LocationDomestic home
SourceWA Health
Image Id42
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NameCarpet 2
CaptionCarpet which has asbestos underlay beneath it.
LocationDomestic home
SourceAsbestos Education Committee
Image Id51
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NameCarpet Underlay - adhesive
CaptionAsbestos was used in the adhesive to glue down the carpet underlay which is usually a black bitumous material.
LocationDomestic home
SourceSafe Environments
Image Id118

Carpet Underlay & Adhesive

Product description

Asbestos was carried in hessian bags from Wittenoon in Western Australia which was then subsequently used in some carpet underlay. Also asbestos was used in the adhesive to glue down the carpet underlay which is usually a black bitumous material.


Asbestos was used in the adhesive to glue down the carpet underlay which is usually a black bitumous material.

Product type Flooring
Sub-Product type
Trading name(s)
Other name(s)
Build element
Product identification

The exact characteristics of the suspect underlay are not fully known. However, it islikely to be brown in colour and look like a fibrous mat. It is also likely to becompacted as it has been under the carpet and walked on. It most cases, the underlay was either glued on to a concrete floor or stapled on to a timber floor.Other types of underlay (eg. rubber, foam) are not known to contain asbestos.


Asbestos was used in the adhesive to glue down the carpet underlay which is usually a black bitumous material.

Known uses Carpet underlay
Asbestos fibre type Crocidolite (blue asbestos)
Friable or Non-Friable Non-Friable
Known Supplier(s)
Known place of manufacture Wittenoon Western Australia
Date / period of manufacture 1930s-1966
Building construction period 1931-1940,1941-1950,1951-1960,1961-1970,1970-1980,1981-1990
Location Domestic home
  • Bathroom
  • Dining room
  • Dog kennels
  • Flooring & covering
Commercial
  • Flooring
Industrial
  • Flooring

 

More Images

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NameCarpet Underlay 2
CaptionAsbestos Carpet Underlay - light coloured hessian seen on left.
LocationDomestic home
SourceSafe Environments
Image Id119
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NameCarpet Underlay - Glue
CaptionAsbestos was used in the adhesive to glue down the carpet underlay which is usually a black bitumous material. This photo is of carpet being directly glued to the ground.
LocationDomestic home
SourceAsbestos Education Committee
Image Id120

 

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