when did they start using asbestos inside homes or insulation?
i asked on yahoo answers for people to guess the age of my apartment, the average answer is 1920's - 1930's or maybe slightly older. I wanted to know...
i asked on yahoo answers for people to guess the age of my apartment, the average answer is 1920's - 1930's or maybe slightly older. I wanted to know when they started using asbestos in homes for any reason (insulation probably), because my landlord wants to replace the ceiling, and he really doesn't think about these things before he starts hacking away.
This is from Wikipedia, attack and wall insulation wasnt made from asbestos. Asbestos is only dangerous when particles become air born.
Recent usage
Asbestos became more widespread during the industrial revolution; in the 1860s it was used as insulation in the U.S. and Canada. Development of the first commercial asbestos mine began in 1879 in the Appalachian foothills of Quebec.[12] By the mid 20th century uses included fire retardant coatings, concrete, bricks, pipes and fireplace cement, heat, fire, and acid resistant gaskets, pipe insulation, ceiling insulation, fireproof drywall, flooring, roofing, lawn furniture, and drywall joint compound.[7]
around 1940 to the 60′s
asbestos wasn’t really used for insulation for heat loss purposes, it was used on hot water pipes and electrical for heat transfer insulation. ( keeping people from getting burned). Your ceiling is probably a plaster with hair mixed in.