enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Asbestos cement - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_cement

   Due to asbestos cement's imitation of more expensive materials such as wood siding and shingles, brick, slate, and stone, the product was marketed as an affordable renovation material. Asbestos cement competed with aluminum alloy , available in large quantities after WWII, and the reemergence of wood clapboard and vinyl siding in the mid to ...

3. Asbestos shingle - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_shingle

   Asbestos shingles are roof or wall shingles made with asbestos cement board. They often resemble slate shingles and were mass-produced during the 20th century as these were more resilient to weathering than traditional slate shingles for the reason that slate is very soft and prone to weathering.

4. CertainTeed - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CertainTeed

   Asbestos was mixed into the cement as a binder. CertainTeed phased out the use of asbestos in its products around 1990. CertainTeed phased out the use of asbestos in its products around 1990. As a result, CertainTeed is now a major defendant in product liability lawsuits brought by persons who worked on water utility projects and their families.

5. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercially...

   Rubber shingle, an alternative to asphalt shingle, slate, shake or tile. Made primarily of rubber, often recycled tire-derived rubber. Other typical ingredients include binders, UV (ultraviolet light) inhibitors and color. Warranted and designed to last at least 50 years in most cases. Asbestos shingles. Very long lifespan, fireproof, and low ...

6. Asbestos abatement - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_abatement

   In construction, asbestos abatement is a set of procedures designed to control the release of asbestos fibers from asbestos-containing materials. [1] Asbestos abatement is utilized during general construction in areas containing asbestos materials, particularly when those materials are being removed, encapsulated, or repaired.

7. Transite - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transite

   Originally, transite had between 12-50% of asbestos fiber added to a cement base to provide tensile strength (similar to the rebar in reinforced concrete), and other materials. [4] It was frequently used for such purposes as furnace flues, roof shingles, siding, soffit and fascia panels, and wallboard for areas where fire retardancy is ...

8. Siding (construction) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siding_(construction)

   Various composite materials are also used for siding: asphalt shingles, asbestos, fiber cement, aluminium (ACM), fiberboard, hardboard, etc. They may be in the form of shingles or boards, in which case they are sometimes called clapboard. Composite sidings are available in many styles and can mimic the other siding options.

9. Keasbey and Mattison Company - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keasbey_and_Mattison_Company

   Keasbey and Mattison Company was a manufacturing company that produced asbestos-related building products, including insulation and shingles. Founded in 1873 by Henry Griffith Keasbey (1850-1932) and Richard Van Zeelust Mattison (1851-1935), the company moved to Ambler, Pennsylvania , in 1881.