Ten years on and still an invaluable guide!!

Vinegar is faster

You've explained this far better than anyone else has to me, 10 years a carpenter doing renovations, I was only told to look for the fibres. So much doubt over the years

The boss at my work in 2017 though it was a good idea to break these off the ceiling because it had "concrete in it to weigh down the fiber" and now basically i probably have 50 years to live maximum 60 because of it

why you put theme in water ?

What are the hair like fibres in villaboards ? I have a plasterboard type partition with white hair like fibres it’s from 1930s I was worried it was asbestos.

Until this day this is still so useful！

I’m guessing if it has a barcode printed on its post 1990 and unlikely Asbestos?

Asvestos

I want to grind it up and inhale the dust soooo bad. I heard it smells as good as lead paint tastes! Mmmm!

If you have asbestos in the house just get suited and masked up and quietly remove it . Don’t buy into the drama of paying so called experts to remove it because they use it as an excuse to charge an arm and a leg plus take your left testicle for it . They use scare tactics to extract hard earns cash from you . It’s nothing to be worried about and perfectly easy to remove it without any negative effects .

What mind of asbestos is that?

Thanks this made me feel so much safer. Great video

Why do you have to get it tested cant you see it?

I'm so afraid of this stuff.

He's just released fibre

So comprehensive ,so clear specific what it look like well explained thank you

This causes cancer wtf.

You need to go back to school and learn about asbestos

I like the video but this is very very un accurate and misleading. You have the right idea, but the amount of times we have had Villaboard come back from the lab positive is kind of becoming humerous. The company James Hardie, had no idea what to do with their left over stock when all the Asbestos building bans got introduced in Australia, they had MILLIONS of sheets that they would have been forced to send to landfill which would have cost an ungodly amount of money and most likely would have bankrupt the company, but they decided it would be a good idea to chuck a big green stamp on every sheet saying "ASBESTOS FREE" or "MANUFACTURED WITHOUT ASBESTOS". Send any of that to a lab and it will come back positive everytime. Also i know you had it dunked in water but asbestos doesnt hold water, so when you snapped it you went and released a bunch of fibres into the air while trying to tell us the dangers of asbestos. All in all, great video, just needs some proper facts.

He really needs to learn more Asbestos can’t not be found unless tested

Thank you so much. Helps a lot

That's incredible. Had no idea. Must try.

good intentions, but bad video mate. Asbestos is in too many products to be solely identified by layers and dimples.

Thanks for sharing!

That's just an older type of asbestos. There's a few types with out the dimple back.. pink hardiflex is one that looks like modern day fibro on the back

When a piece of calcium silicate board containing asbestos is cut in half, fibers are released during the cutting process. Will there still be fibers running out from the cutting edge after cutting?😥

Brilliant thank you

The only way is testing in the lab.

When I find asbestos like this I just throw it out

THIS IS NOT A VALID TEST...I have what looks exactly like the “non asbestos “ in this video, and it tested positive for chrysotile asbestos.

How on earth could a piece of asbestos board be out in the dirt. Makes no sense.

HOW DID YOU BE SO BRAVE......YOU'LL JUST BROKED THE ASBESTOS!

4:11.. puts a piece in his mouth🤣

Great Video on fibro panels. One 3rd test is: because asbestos panels are more solid they have a ring to them when they are dropped onto solid concrete that modern day villaboard does not have. Make sure you can drop both to compare the sound.

You are brave to handle asbestos and break it with your hands.

That wedding ring looks locked 🔒

Oh. That`s exactly what I need now. Our house has been boult in 1995. So, I was sure it`s completely asbestos free. However today I started bathroom renovation and noticed too hard surface of the wall sheets. And yes they have dimples on the bottom side. Very similar with asbestos. Please, have a look yadi.sk/d/0x_o-AAtXgCeyA Some names and codes are noticed as well. It`s called as a "Villaboard" Type B Cat C. And somethink like Hardie`s on them. Does anybody knows whether this is a real asbestos product and how dangerous it is? Is it harmless to remove it myself or it`s a deal for asbestos removal specialists? Thank you

i m from india and we still use asbestos..well i didnt know about the danger untill 2 days ago and now i m worried.. in our village every 3 out of 5 house roofs are made of asbestos sheet and if i tell them its dangerous like cigeratte they will think ..i am mad.

Why is there dimples on it? Like does anybody know or knows if an why an how an what it for?

Your making me hungry

What in the heck, a piece of Fibro board half buried in soil. That land needs to be decontaminated.

Thanks great info really helped me out mate

Nice one mate just snap it and let millions of fibers off into the air

What model is your electric tea kettle?

Thanks a lot.

Massively helpful. I was worried I had exposed my family but after watching this it clearly wasn't asbestos. Big relief. Cheers.

So anything built in the 70s and contain the drywall that rips in layers is NOT asbestos right?

Good film

Thankyou😁