Loose Asbestos Roof Insulation

Loose fill asbestos insulation is a material made from ground up raw asbestos.

Loose asbestos roof insulation.

It was used to insulate some houses in the 1960s and 1970s. A canberra based company known as mr fluffy installed this insulation in around 1 000 homes in the act. Asbestos insulation was widely used as an insulation material in most residential commercial and public buildings constructed between 1920 and 1986. It s very easy to identify as it has a fluffy almost candyfloss like appearance which is usually white or a blueish grey colour.

It is made from a natural mineral material that is mined from the earth. Details of the voluntary purchase and demolition program for homes in nsw found to contain loose fill asbestos insulation. Loose asbestos is most commonly found in lofts as loft insulation but it can also be found under floorboards an inside cavity walls both in domestic and commercial properties. During the 1960s and 1970s pure loose fill asbestos was sold as ceiling insulation for residential and commercial premises.

Mr fluffy is understood to have also installed insulation in homes in nsw. As with many other building materials at the time asbestos was used because of its insulating and fire retardant properties. Vermiculite loose fill insulation is one of the most common household materials that contains asbestos.