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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| Name | Carpet Underlay |
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| Caption | Sample of carpet underlay |
| Location | Domestic home |
| Source | WA Health |
| Image Id | 42 |
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| Name | Carpet 2 |
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| Caption | Carpet which has asbestos underlay beneath it. |
| Location | Domestic home |
| Source | Asbestos Education Committee |
| Image Id | 51 |
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| Name | Carpet Underlay - adhesive |
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| Caption | Asbestos was used in the adhesive to glue down the carpet underlay which is usually a black bitumous material. |
| Location | Domestic home |
| Source | Safe Environments |
| Image Id | 118 |
Carpet Underlay & Adhesive
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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. |
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| Product type | Flooring |
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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. |
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| Known uses | Carpet underlay |
| Asbestos fibre type |
Crocidolite (blue asbestos) |
| Friable or Non-Friable | Non-Friable |
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| 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
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| Name | Carpet Underlay 2 |
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| Caption | Asbestos Carpet Underlay - light coloured hessian seen on left. |
| Location | Domestic home |
| Source | Safe Environments |
| Image Id | 119 |
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| Name | Carpet Underlay - Glue |
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| Caption | Asbestos 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. |
| Location | Domestic home |
| Source | Asbestos Education Committee |
| Image Id | 120 |
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