Lloyd Parlee
In the Trades
Any help with identifying this pipe wrap if it has asbestos in it. I know it’s best to just test it.
Thank you.I wouldn't take a chance it's not worth it. It looks like asbestos rope.
Thanks, it didn’t look like the typical corrugated wrap I’m used to seeing but wondered if someone with more experience recognized it. I masked up just to be safe. Always makes me wonder how many times over the years I didn’t notice it or was to inexperienced to know better.It doesn't look familiar to me. But If you suspect it to be asbestos and its in an area you are going to be breathing in, I would have it tested and abated if its positive.
I once had an asbestos cloth for soldering that an Old Timer gave to me. My journeyman at the time threw it away.. I was mad at the time, but he did the right thing. The less exposure the better. It was 30 yrs ago or longer, so I just don't really recall if it looked like that.
Tons of times. My dad tells a story about when they were growing up on the farm in the late 30s early 40s and they had powdered asbestos for whatever.. him and his brothers would take the powder and breath it deep into their lungs because it had a cold icy feeling to it! We're going over this weekend for my parents birthdays.. he's 85.Thanks, it didn’t look like the typical corrugated wrap I’m used to seeing but wondered if someone with more experience recognized it. I masked up just to be safe. Always makes me wonder how many times over the years I didn’t notice it or was to inexperienced to know better.
Oh my goodness. That’s not funny but made me laugh. I needed that. Thanks. Was feeling kinda low about the risks of this job.Tons of times. My dad tells a story about when they were growing up on the farm in the late 30s early 40s and they had powdered asbestos for whatever.. him and his brothers would take the powder and breath it deep into their lungs because it had a cold icy feeling to it! We're going over this weekend for my parents birthdays.. he's 85.
I still take the risk seriously. One guy can eat handfuls of it and never suffer.. in some cases a guy working with exposure brings it home on his clothes and it kills his wife doing the laundry. I'd rather not be that One. I don't flip out when I see it, but I don't put myself in risky situations around it either. If its Friable/Dusty.. it has to be removed... And not by me.
This is awkward, but...
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