Roof Mastic Asbestos

Rueckert re asbestos neshap apr.

Roof mastic asbestos.

Home built in 1960. Thank you for your letter of march 6 on behalf of your constituent victor montgomery expressing concern about the occupational safety and health administration s osha newly revised asbestos standard as it pertains to roofing. Asbestos is a highly fibrous material and these fibers interlock to help strengthen mastic insulation and many other household building products. Asbestos is still widely used in building materials like insulation plaster wallboard vinyl and laminate flooring siding and cement pipe.

Roofing tar and asphalt liquids roofing felt and underlayment roofing caulking mastic and sealant roofing cement and cement based shingles roof flashings and vents roof flat sheets and corrugated asbestos roofing. Asbestos was used in those forms in vinyl asbestos flooring in both floor tile and sheet flooring forms. Typical black mastic pattern on vinyl asbestos floor tile underside our photos above show a typical black floor tile adhesive mastic on the underside of a 9x9 cork pattern vinyl floor tile found in a u s. Asbestos fibers found their way into these roofing products.

15 1991 pdf 3 pp 80 k letter to j. Both the flooring and the mastic are likely to contain asbestos. You will only see black asbestos mastic after a floor covering has been removed. Moran re applicability of the asbestos neshap to asbestos roofing dec.

Please contact baron and budd at 855 280 7664 or contact us online here if you have reason to believe you worked around or with any of these products or you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung. 40 cfr 61 145 a 4. 12 1990 pdf 3 pp 36 k letter to d. Class ii asbestos work means activities involving the removal of acm which is not thermal system insulation or surfacing material.

Asbestos fibers were used as a strengthening material in roof flashing cements as well as in flooring mastics and cutback adhesives. What does black mastic look like. As the name suggests black is its predominant color. For other roofing renovation projects if the total asbestos containing roof area undergoing renovation is less than 160 ft 2 the neshap does not apply regardless of the removal method to be used the type of material category i or ii or its condition friable versus nonfriable.

Cropp re sawing asbestos roofing felt jun. 21 1992 pdf 5 pp 158 k letter to j.