I have heard that asbestos can be found in the flue connections of old tiled stoves. And possibly even in the stove itself.
Since I live in an old house where there used to be tiled stoves, I am interested in knowing if anyone knows where this asbestos might be found and in what form this asbestos might be?
Could there, for example, still be asbestos in the actual smoke channel, i.e., the masonry channel in the chimney?
I ask because the previous smoke channel in the chimney is now used as a ventilation duct and there is a lot of "bös" (debris) at the bottom of the channel.
I have asked a lot of asbestos questions before, fully aware of this, but I'm only seeking facts.
Grateful if you could spare me comments about my excessive concern about asbestos.
Grateful if someone who knows more about asbestos in tiled stoves/flue connections could provide some information on this!
Have a great day everyone!
Since I live in an old house where there used to be tiled stoves, I am interested in knowing if anyone knows where this asbestos might be found and in what form this asbestos might be?
Could there, for example, still be asbestos in the actual smoke channel, i.e., the masonry channel in the chimney?
I ask because the previous smoke channel in the chimney is now used as a ventilation duct and there is a lot of "bös" (debris) at the bottom of the channel.
I have asked a lot of asbestos questions before, fully aware of this, but I'm only seeking facts.
Grateful if you could spare me comments about my excessive concern about asbestos.
Grateful if someone who knows more about asbestos in tiled stoves/flue connections could provide some information on this!
Have a great day everyone!
If you think about it a bit: Asbestos is extremely heat-resistant, and therefore it has sometimes been used where it gets really hot. Such as possibly in flue pipe connections to chimneys. It likely acted as a sealing drive. It may have been included as fibers (reinforcement) in mortar, as mortar breaks down and becomes brittle from heat. In this way, perhaps a mortar seal around the flue pipe lasted longer.
Ordinary, respectable brick chimneys probably never had any asbestos because it's not needed?
So asbestos fibers can be found in the flue pipe connection. It can likely also be found at the bottom of the flue pipe pathway where old mortar and soot from cleaning have fallen down. However, isn't there a cleaning hatch at the bottom where this soot compartment is scraped up and removed after each cleaning? (That's how it is and that's what is done at least in my old brick chimney.)
It's also possible that fibers came loose and traveled with the smoke up the chimney, but it should primarily either have gone out with the smoke or been brushed away.
So, yes, there might be fibers left, if they were ever in your chimney, but there logically can't be many left. And, it's with asbestos fibers as with smoking, the risk is proportional to the amount of exposure.
Ordinary, respectable brick chimneys probably never had any asbestos because it's not needed?
So asbestos fibers can be found in the flue pipe connection. It can likely also be found at the bottom of the flue pipe pathway where old mortar and soot from cleaning have fallen down. However, isn't there a cleaning hatch at the bottom where this soot compartment is scraped up and removed after each cleaning? (That's how it is and that's what is done at least in my old brick chimney.)
It's also possible that fibers came loose and traveled with the smoke up the chimney, but it should primarily either have gone out with the smoke or been brushed away.
So, yes, there might be fibers left, if they were ever in your chimney, but there logically can't be many left. And, it's with asbestos fibers as with smoking, the risk is proportional to the amount of exposure.