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2. Magnesium oxide wallboard - Wikipedia

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   Silica/asbestos free; STC-rated 53-54; Can be used in the place of traditional drywall or cement boards. No special tools required. Hard non-absorbent surface – using fibreglass backing – with no paper. Can be used in applications like cement-based siding subject to using water-proof coating systems. Available in colors.

3. Asbestos cement - Wikipedia

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   A pre World War II house in Darwin, Australia. The roof is sheeted with corrugated fibro sheets and the walls with flat fibro sheeting, with fibro battens covering the joints. Example of asbestos cement siding and lining on a post-war temporary house in Yardley, Birmingham. Nearly 40,000 of these structures were built between 1946 and 1949 to ...

4. 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 group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.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 ...

5. Covering (construction) - Wikipedia

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   DTU 40.36 Pre-painted or Non-pre-painted Aluminum Sheet Roofing; DTU 40.41 Roofing with Metal Elements in Zinc Sheets and Long Sheets; DTU 40.44 Roofing with Metal Elements in Stainless Steel Sheets and Long Sheets; DTU 40.45 Roofing with Metal Elements in Copper Sheets and Long Sheets; DTU 40.46 Lead Roofing on Continuous Support

6. Eternit - Wikipedia

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   Corrugated sheets; Slates as architectural full and partial-facing; Underroof; Planks; Roofing: Slates; Corrugated sheets; Fibre-cement products have found wide usage in various sectors of construction: industrial, agricultural, domestic and residential buildings, mainly in roofing and cladding applications, for new constructions and ...

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.

8. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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   Roofing material is the outermost layer on the roof of a building, sometimes self-supporting, but generally supported by an underlying structure. A building's roofing material provides shelter from the natural elements. The outer layer of a roof shows great variation dependent upon availability of material, and the nature of the supporting ...

9. GAF Materials Corporation - Wikipedia

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   GAF is an American manufacturing company based in Parsippany, New Jersey. [1] Operating as a subsidiary of Standard Industries, GAF is the leading roofing and waterproofing manufacturer in North America, with 30 locations across the U.S. GAF produces both commercial and residential roofing products, as well as pavement coatings.