What do you think about this material?

[Sågar]

I'm going to do some work on a 1930s wardrobe in an apartment.
Rising hot water pipe, diameter about 1-2 inches, has damaged insulation in 50% of the spots.
I'm a bit unsure if I dare to tear off the rest and put on new insulation.

Could there be asbestos even on straight pipes?
Color on gauze on paper on "fluff" on corrugated cardboard, is my interpretation. But the fluff looks like lump, but I'm not familiar with old pipe insulation.

 

[Sågar]

Going to fix up a 1930s closet in an apartment.
Rising hot water, diameter about 1-2 inches, has damaged insulation on 50% of the places.
I'm a bit unsure if I dare to tear off the rest and install new.

Could it be asbestos even on straight pipes?
Color on gauze on paper on "fluff" on corrugated cardboard, is my interpretation. But the fluff looks like shoddy, but I don't have knowledge about old pipe insulations.

Seems like the picture didn't come through....

 

[O]

A simple way to test is to see if it burns. Asbestos does not burn.

 

[BirgitS]

Going to fix up a 1930s closet in an apartment.
Rising hot water, diameter about 1-2 inches, has damaged insulation in 50% of places.
I'm a bit unsure if I dare to tear off the rest and put on new.

Could it be asbestos even on straight pipes?
Color on gauze on paper on "fluff" on corrugated paper, is my interpretation. But the fluff looks like lump, but I'm not familiar with old pipe insulations.

If it's pipes that continue to another apartment, you probably can't do anything with them without the board's permission. This is to ensure you don't do anything inappropriate.

The board might have information on where there is asbestos in the building as well.

 

[Sågar]

A simple way to test is to see if it burns. Asbestos does not burn.

There are other materials that do not burn, right ...

 

[Centano]

If you want to be sure whether it is asbestos or not, you need to submit a material sample to a lab for analysis.

 

[Dilato]

There are other materials that don't burn, or ...

But if it burns, it's not asbestos, so there's no need to test further.

 

[BirgitS]

But if it burns, it's not asbestos, so then you don't need to test further.

But there are several materials, so how do you know it's not the gauze that's burning while the microscopic asbestos fibers are spreading in the air?

 

[O]

There are other materials that don't burn, or ...

So what?
If it burns, it's not asbestos. The point was to determine whether it was grålumppapp and gauze bandage or asbestos.

 

[O]

But there are several materials, so how do you know it's not the gauze that is burning while the microscopic asbestos fibers are spreading in the air?

One burns one material at a time in very small quantities.

 

[Dilato]

One burns one material at a time in very small amounts.

And preferably not indoors 🤓

 

[Sågar]

So what?
If it burns, it's not asbestos. It was about determining whether it was gray lump paper and gauze or asbestos.

If you look closely at the material, there are threads just like in lump, but it can't be lit with a match.
Feels like this doesn't fall within my price list to fix.
Encapsulate with white paint or check with the board if they want to test it so everyone knows.