Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov

• Some roofing and siding shingles are made of asbestos cement

• Older houses may have asbsetos as insulation.

• Attic and wall insulation produced using vermiculite ore.

• Asbestos may be present in textured paint and in patching compounds used on wall and ceiling joints. Their use was banned in 1977.

• Artificial ashes and embers sold for use in gas-fired fireplaces may contain asbestos.

• Older products such as stove-top pads may have some asbestos compounds.

• Walls and floors around wood burning stoves may be protected with asbestos paper, millboard or cement sheets.

• Asbestos is found in some vinyl floor tiles and the backing on vinyl sheet flooring and adhesives.

• Hot water and steam pipes in older houses may be coated with an asbestos material or covered with an asbestos blanket or tape.

• Oil and coal furnaces and door gaskets may have asbestos insulation.