Fibro

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A pre-WW2 house in Darwin, Northern Australia. The roof is sheeted with corrugated fibro sheets and the walls with flat fibro sheeting, with fibro cover battens over the joints.
A pre-WW2 house in Darwin, Northern Australia. The roof is sheeted with corrugated fibro sheets and the walls with flat fibro sheeting, with fibro cover battens over the joints.
Roof sheeting, known as Hardies "super six."
Roof sheeting, known as Hardies "super six."
Exposed asbestos fibres on weathered Super Six hip flashing.
Exposed asbestos fibres on weathered Super Six hip flashing.
A tool used for cutting flat fibro sheets, a fibro cutter.
A tool used for cutting flat fibro sheets, a fibro cutter.

Fibro, the shortened form of "Fibrous Cement" - or "Fibrous Asbestos Cement", FAC, is a building material made of compressed fibres cemented into rigid sheets.[1]

While "Fibro" has been used in a number of countries, it is in Australia where its use was the most widespread. Manufactured and sold by James Hardie until the mid 1980s "Fibro" in all its forms was a very popular building material. The fibres involved were almost always Asbestos based. The use of "Fibro" have since been banned in several countries, including Australia itself, due to its asbestosis- and mesothelioma-causing Asbestos content.

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[edit] Products Used In The Building Industry

  • Flat sheets for house walls and ceilings were usually 6mm and 4.5mm thick, in 900 and 1200 widths and from 1800 to 3000 long.
  • Battens 50mm wide x 8mm thick. Used to cover the joints in the sheets.
  • Super Six corrugated roof sheeting and fencing.
  • Internal wet area sheeting, "Tilux"
  • Pipes of various sizes for water and drainage.
  • Moulded products from plant pots to cable pits.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ B.A.Group - Glossary

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