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2. Asbestos cement - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos cement, genericized as fibro, fibrolite (short for "fibrous (or fibre) cement sheet"; but different from the natural mineral fibrolite), or AC sheet, is a composite building material consisting of cement and asbestos fibres pressed into thin rigid sheets and other shapes. Invented at the end of the 19th century, [1] the material was ...

3. Asbestos - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -⁠toss) [1] is a naturally occurring, carcinogenic, fibrous silicate mineral.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into the atmosphere by ...

4. Asbestos shingle - Wikipedia

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   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. Due to health risks of asbestos products, the ...

5. 16 Home Repairs You Should Never, Ever Ignore - AOL

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   3. Peeling Paint. Your exterior paint and interior paint present different problems when they peel. For interiors, older homes could have lead-based paint, which means a professional should be called.

6. 89 historic Fort Leavenworth homes recommended for ... - AOL

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   In U.S. Army terms, rows of once spectacular homes that have graced historic Fort Leavenworth for more than 100 years stand in defeat. Like downtrodden troops, grand houses of red brick or yellow ...

7. Fiber cement siding - Wikipedia

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   Fiber cement siding. Fiber cement siding (also known as " fibre cement cladding " in the United Kingdom, " fibro " in Australia, and by the proprietary name " Hardie Plank " in the United States) is a building material used to cover the exterior of a building in both commercial and domestic applications. Fiber cement is a composite material ...

8. Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument - Wikipedia

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   Part of the facade is faced in brick veneer, while the rest is finished in asbestos siding. Interior features include a bullet hole in the wall separating the kitchen and living room. [4] The house was purchased new by Medgar and Myrlie Evers in 1956, and remained their home until 1963. The Everses were both active civil rights activists, and ...

9. Transite - Wikipedia

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   Transite. An example of cement-asbestos corrugated and board products, possibly transite. Transite originated as a brand that Johns Manville, an American company, created in 1929 for a line of asbestos - cement products, including boards and pipes. [1] In time it became a generic term for other companies' similar asbestos-cement products, and ...