Asbestos Soffit
One of the more often "overlooked" asbestos applications among building inspectors and surveyors: exterior building soffit, fascia, facade, and/or curtain-wall; sometimes mistaken as ordinary plywood, hardboard, drywall, plaster, metal, plastic, and/or other composite material, these building material applications typically require more thorough physical access for better assessment of their composition.
Asbestos-cement panels utilized at buildings' exterior soffits, facades, or curtain-walls were popularized as architectural trends in the US during the 1950's, '60s, and '70s, although may be found on structures built beyond these construction time-eras as well.
This image shows 1/4-inch asbestos-cement panels installed as exterior soffit boards and as metal-clad asbestos-cement fascia/facade. A partially damaged soffit panel shows peculiar breakage pattern along one edge.
Asbestos Soffit
One of the more often "overlooked" asbestos applications among building inspectors and surveyors: exterior building soffit, fascia, facade, and/or curtain-wall; sometimes mistaken as ordinary plywood, hardboard, drywall, plaster, metal, plastic, and/or other composite material, these building material applications typically require more thorough physical access for better assessment of their composition.
Asbestos-cement panels utilized at buildings' exterior soffits, facades, or curtain-walls were popularized as architectural trends in the US during the 1950's, '60s, and '70s, although may be found on structures built beyond these construction time-eras as well.
This image shows 1/4-inch asbestos-cement panels installed as exterior soffit boards and as metal-clad asbestos-cement fascia/facade. A partially damaged soffit panel shows peculiar breakage pattern along one edge.