Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM)

Asbestos was used in many products. A lot of customers and people we share information with are shocked to know that extent of the materials that asbestos can actually be in. A lot have knowledge about asbestos floor tiles (it’s not only 9x9s), asbestos around heating systems and boilers but a lot are unaware of asbestos in plaster, drywall joint compound and many other building materials.

Some asbestos containing materials are easy to identify. These materials are historically asbestos containing and usually not tested but treated as asbestos containing. Samples may be collected for legal purposes if there is a dispute or Ministry of Labour orders.

Materials such as Air Cell pipe insulation, parging on boiler systems and wrapping around Heating systems and John Mansville siding are a perfect-examples of this.

Some Materials need to be tested for asbestos content in order to classify the material as asbestos containing.