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2. Asbestos shingle - Wikipedia

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   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 European Union has banned all use of asbestos, including asbestos roof shingles ...

3. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   Shingles are held by the roof rafters and are made of various materials such as wood, slate, flagstone, metal, plastic, and composite materials such as fibre cement and asphalt shingles. Ceramic roof tiles , which still dominate in Europe and some parts of Asia, are still usually called tiles.

4. Asphalt shingle - Wikipedia

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   Asphalt shingles on a home in Avalon, New Jersey. Two types of base materials are used to make asphalt shingles, organic and fiberglass.Both are made in a similar manner, with an asphalt-saturated base covered on one or both sides with asphalt or modified-asphalt, the exposed surface impregnated with slate, schist, quartz, vitrified brick, stone, [6] or ceramic granules, and the under-side ...

5. Roof tiles - Wikipedia

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   Roof tiles are overlapping tiles designed mainly to keep out precipitation such as rain or snow, and are traditionally made from locally available materials such as clay or slate. Later tiles have been made from materials such as concrete , glass , and plastic .

6. Eternit - Wikipedia

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   Front cover of a brochure for Hatscheks Eternit Schiefer (asbestos cement roof tiles) Fibre-reinforced cement products were invented in the late 19th century by the Austrian Ludwig Hatschek . Principally he mixed 90% Portland cement and 10% asbestos fibres with water and ran it through a cardboard machine.

7. Transite - Wikipedia

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   It can also be found in insulation, siding, roof gutters, and cement wallboard. The more prevalent transite found in wall construction and roofing tiles for example, will last anywhere from 50 years to over 100 years. [citation needed] The use of asbestos, a proven carcinogen, to manufacture transite was phased out in the 1980s.