Asbestos Fibro compared to Villaboard 

You've explained this far better than anyone else has to me, 10 years a carpenter doing renovations, I was only told to look for the fibres. So much doubt over the years

So comprehensive ,so clear specific what it look like well explained thank you

Massively helpful. I was worried I had exposed my family but after watching this it clearly wasn't asbestos. Big relief. Cheers.

Legend. Thanks for uploading this mate

Thanks this made me feel so much safer. Great video

My understanding is that if you see the large dimples it just means you shouldn't waste your money testing, because it's definitely asbestos, but a lack of dimples is no guarantee that you're in the clear.

that stabilisation is like being on shrooms

That wedding ring looks locked 🔒

Until this day this is still so useful！

Thank you so much. Helps a lot

Thanks heaps for uploading this video. We have both types of sheets in our old house we bought recently. We are careful and don’t take chances but you put my mind at ease as I accidentally mowed over an old sheet hidden in tall grass causing a cloud of dust yesterday. I held my breath and ran the hell out of there, threw my clothes out and had a long shower. Checked after watching your video and no dimples, and fibres were consistent with the new stuff. Again, thank you for uploading.

Great Video on fibro panels. One 3rd test is: because asbestos panels are more solid they have a ring to them when they are dropped onto solid concrete that modern day villaboard does not have. Make sure you can drop both to compare the sound.

Thanks for that....cleared things up for me.

Thanks a lot.

Texture is from the back of the carpet or LVT TILE

Thanks great info really helped me out mate

That stuff at the start of the video he said is normal - asbestos fibro can look exactly like this!!! The only way to tell is by a lab test, my shed had fibro sheets that looked like the 'safe' stuff you showed at the start of the video, and it was chrisotyle asbestos

i thought it was that compressed paper fiber board because of the fibers sticking out but turns out it was asbestos

HOW DID YOU BE SO BRAVE......YOU'LL JUST BROKED THE ASBESTOS!

Why is there dimples on it? Like does anybody know or knows if an why an how an what it for?

The boss at my work in 2017 though it was a good idea to break these off the ceiling because it had "concrete in it to weigh down the fiber" and now basically i probably have 50 years to live maximum 60 because of it

What are the hair like fibres in villaboards ? I have a plasterboard type partition with white hair like fibres it’s from 1930s I was worried it was asbestos.

why you put theme in water ?

Why do you have to get it tested cant you see it?

He's just released fibre

4:11.. puts a piece in his mouth🤣

When I find asbestos like this I just throw it out

Your making me hungry

He really needs to learn more Asbestos can’t not be found unless tested

That's just an older type of asbestos. There's a few types with out the dimple back.. pink hardiflex is one that looks like modern day fibro on the back

You are brave to handle asbestos and break it with your hands.

I like the video but this is very very un accurate and misleading. You have the right idea, but the amount of times we have had Villaboard come back from the lab positive is kind of becoming humerous. The company James Hardie, had no idea what to do with their left over stock when all the Asbestos building bans got introduced in Australia, they had MILLIONS of sheets that they would have been forced to send to landfill which would have cost an ungodly amount of money and most likely would have bankrupt the company, but they decided it would be a good idea to chuck a big green stamp on every sheet saying "ASBESTOS FREE" or "MANUFACTURED WITHOUT ASBESTOS". Send any of that to a lab and it will come back positive everytime. Also i know you had it dunked in water but asbestos doesnt hold water, so when you snapped it you went and released a bunch of fibres into the air while trying to tell us the dangers of asbestos. All in all, great video, just needs some proper facts.

What mind of asbestos is that?

When a piece of calcium silicate board containing asbestos is cut in half, fibers are released during the cutting process. Will there still be fibers running out from the cutting edge after cutting?😥

i m from india and we still use asbestos..well i didnt know about the danger untill 2 days ago and now i m worried.. in our village every 3 out of 5 house roofs are made of asbestos sheet and if i tell them its dangerous like cigeratte they will think ..i am mad.

Can you see asbestos fibres in the air?

The only way is testing in the lab.

How on earth could a piece of asbestos board be out in the dirt. Makes no sense.

What in the heck, a piece of Fibro board half buried in soil. That land needs to be decontaminated.

I'm so afraid of this stuff.

lol I just had Asbestos at work without them telling us anything :O

I want to grind it up and inhale the dust soooo bad. I heard it smells as good as lead paint tastes! Mmmm!

my old house burned down from asbestos it was a big house

I used this method and the boards I have break / split into layers. There's no golf ball dimples on the back - looks exactly like your non-asbestos sheet in this video. I got a sample anyway (because I'm paranoid) and sent it to the lab. It came back positive for White Chrysotile Asbestos. I'm not trying to be a stick in the mud, I'm just concerned now that looking for layers is not 100% the right thing to look for. Here's what it looked like ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MGYc3DXwMI0.html

You need to go back to school and learn about asbestos

Nice one mate just snap it and let millions of fibers off into the air

We played with shingles on our parents house that they now say is asbestos back in the 50's and 60's. Used them playing softball in our yard. Guess what? It didn't hurt any of us.