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  2. Asbestos abatement - Wikipedia

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    For example, a popcorn ceiling is extremely friable, whereas asbestos floor tile is considered non-friable. [citation needed] Friable materials, such as popcorn ceiling tiles, have a lifespan between 20–40 years plus; whereas non-friable materials, such as asbestos roofing tiles, have a lifespan of 50–100 years and beyond.

  3. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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    Human exposure potential depends on the number of occupants in a building and the frequency and duration of use, and the nature of any disturbance: for example, intrusive maintenance activity within the building increases the risk of exposure - removing a number of asbestos-containing ceiling tiles to undertake works above the ceiling level ...

  4. Dropped ceiling - Wikipedia

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    Dropped ceiling featuring ceiling tiles, lights, air diffusers, smoke detector, and more Dropped ceiling with ceiling tile light fixture. A dropped ceiling is a secondary ceiling, hung below the main (structural) ceiling. It may also be referred to as a drop ceiling, T-bar ceiling, false ceiling, suspended ceiling, grid ceiling, drop in ceiling ...

  5. Soffit - Wikipedia

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    curvature of e.g. plasterwork to fill the space above the kitchen cabinets, at the corner of the ceiling and wall: coving (interior design) underside of office ceiling of tiles (often gypsum) suspended, fastened or bonded to a grid system attached to the walls and/or ceiling: false/suspended ceiling (tiles/grid) or dropped ceiling

  6. Tin ceiling - Wikipedia

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    Tin ceiling in a private music room, Queensland, Australia, 1906. Tin ceilings were traditionally painted white to give the appearance of hand-carved or molded plaster. They were incorporated into residential living rooms and parlors as well as schools, hospitals and commercial businesses where painted tin was often used as wainscoting.

  7. Glass wool - Wikipedia

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    Glass wool can be a loose-fill material, blown into attics, or together with an active binder, sprayed on the underside of structures, sheets, and panels that can be used to insulate flat surfaces such as cavity wall insulation, ceiling tiles, curtain walls, and ducting. It is also used to insulate piping and for soundproofing.

  8. Raised floor - Wikipedia

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    An alternative raised floor application with disposable formworks from job site in Turkey A suction-cup tile lifter has been used to remove a tile.. A raised floor (also raised flooring, access floor(ing), or raised-access computer floor) provides an elevated structural floor above a solid substrate (often a concrete slab) to create a hidden void for the passage of mechanical and electrical ...

  9. Mangalore tiles - Wikipedia

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    The Calicut Tile Co. (CTC) was the first fully mechanised roofing tile manufacturer in India. It was started in the year 1878. Besides roofing tiles, CTC also manufactures ceiling tiles, hourdees, hollow blocks, paver tiles, decorative garden tiles and terracotta products. The company is currently fully operational.