Asbestos Heating Pipe Insulation

Once all the asbestos pipe insulation is repaired and any bare pipe as reinsulated wrap the insulation with rewettable canvas pipe lagging.

Asbestos heating pipe insulation.

Soak them heavily and allow the water to absorb into the asbestos material for about 20 minutes. Unfortunately we now know that asbestos is not safe. To get started use your tank sprayer to spray down the pipes that are covered with the asbestos. You can use a simple cover over any pipe you may that is asbestos until you can have it removed and replaced to make it safer if you have it in your home.

Paper cloth and other insulation materials are often used to repair potential weaknesses in the heating ducts and reinforce the overall system. Apply your encapsulation material to the pipe. Wear a face mask and gloves when spraying the encapsulation chemical or applying the tape or material to the pipe. If spraying a chemical ensure that the area is well ventilated and the floor beneath the pipe is covered.

Cover the entire area of exposed asbestos containing material. Using your putty knife try scraping some of the material from the pipe. One of the most common materials containing asbestos fibers is attic and wall insulation. But just because your insulation is old doesn t mean it is dangerous.

The lagging canvas is made out of fiberglass cross woven thread that is embedded with an inorganic rewettable coating. This should be done only by a professional trained to handle asbestos safely. Once moistened the rewettable coating becomes sticky and hardens once it dries. In older homes specifically asbestos may be found in many different materials from pipe insulation to flooring adhesive to roof shingles.

Asbestos insulation was widely used on heating pipes sometimes on water pipes and occasionally on other pipes in buildings. For years lagging cloth and asbestos paper was used by the hvac industry to line and insulate pipes in heating and cooling systems within homes offices and other buildings. Covering enclosure involves placing something over or around the material that contains asbestos to prevent release of fibers. This asbestos insulating product appears most often as a gray white corrugated paper photo at page top but might also appear as a plaster or cementious paste on pipe elbows valves or on other irregular components.

For asbestos pipe insulation that is in poor condition falling off it is beyond encapsulation and needs to be removed by a professional. Video discussing how to identify and cover up asbestos insulation of pipes.