Cover Asbestess Sheets By Woodburner

It may also be found in insulating material around it.

Cover asbestess sheets by woodburner.

Also a wood stove may have millboard cement sheet or asbestos paper and tape for insulating and fireproofing. We wondered if this 60 s era vinyl might contain asbestos and had it tested the backing does contain asbestos. It is conventional to install wall shields over fire resistant wall spacers. Corrugated asbestos cement sheets were applied in the same way that corrugated iron was applied either nailed to wooden strips bolted to the purlins or clipped directly to the purlins by clips of hoop iron or wire.

I am working on a repair project. Bare wood or sheetrock walls around a wood stove are fire hazards. A fire resistant wall shield is necessary to eliminate the threat of fire. Wood burning stoves with cook top surfaces may contain asbestos in their pads and trivets.

The best wall shields help to radiate the heat from the stove into the room. Under the carpet adhered directly to the beautiful 1 1 2 original oak flooring someone laid sheet vinyl. Asbestos stove gaskets sometimes called stove rope were commonly used in wood burning stoves to seal them against air leaks. My clients had a pipe burst causing damage to a wall ceiling and floor in their living room.

They were available in standard sheets twenty seven and a half inches wide and in lengths of four five six seven eight and ten feet. Currently the room is carpeted. These gaskets were so common that even today contractors often refer to modern stove gaskets that contain no asbestos as asbestos rope. Instead invest in a special asbestos encapsulate product.