Hi
Looking at a house to buy that has pinex ceiling tiles in most the house, from a renovation done in 1974 , are these okay ? or can they contain asbestos, they are the style without all the ugly holes in them,, cheers in advance. Darren

daz1968 - 2021-01-27 08:52:00

https://inspectapedia.com/hazmat/Pinex-Ceiling-Tile-Composit
ion.php
"Low-density fibreboard is used widely as insulating board and is commonly referred-to (in New Zealand) by its trade name Pinex. Over time some changes have occurred in the manufacture of the board, but generally it is the same. . ... [chipped or flaked] wood (Pinus radiata) ... further reduced to wood fibre with the aid of steam ... Starch adhesive as well as different additives are added before the board forming operation, depending on the final product. ... Nowadays 96% of the final product is wood fibre, 2% starch that binds the fibres, 1% wax for moisture resistance. Alum is sometimes added. ... back in the 1940s the wood used would have been solely pine, and most likely no chemicals would have been used, but maize starch [corn starch]. - Chiliadaki 2006. "

Edited by apollo11 at 9:18 am, Wed 27 Jan

apollo11 - 2021-01-27 09:15:00

They came in different patterns, stipple swerl and smooth and ones wth holes in , that I can think of and they were compressed wood fibers no asbestoes .

martin11 - 2021-01-27 09:21:00

daz1968 wrote:

Hi
Looking at a house to buy that has pinex ceiling tiles in most the house, from a renovation done in 1974 , are these okay ? or can they contain asbestos, they are the style without all the ugly holes in them,, cheers in advance. Darren

An offer can be made subject to an asbestos test.

committed - 2021-01-27 13:14:00

No not asbestos. One day if you wanted to you could just cover them with gib board.

msigg - 2021-01-27 15:39:00

Not asbesttos - almost the opposite I should think they would go up fast in a fire - you'd be wanting to get rid of them because of that

lissie - 2021-01-27 15:50:00

lissie wrote:

Not asbesttos - almost the opposite I should think they would go up fast in a fire - you'd be wanting to get rid of them because of that

This. We burned ours in the log burner over the course of a winter, probably not an environmentally sound method of disposal due to whatever glues or paints are in them, but they burn extremely well.

apollo11 - 2021-01-27 17:09:00

apollo11 wrote:

but they burn extremely well.

that'll be the glues and paints in them.

sparkychap - 2021-01-27 17:14:00

apollo11 wrote:

This. We burned ours in the log burner over the course of a winter, probably not an environmentally sound method of disposal due to whatever glues or paints are in them, but they burn extremely well.

nice work , I was pretty sure they are fine as they are everywhere and never mentioned in building checks as possible asbestos always good to get opinion and advice though. thanks

daz1968 - 2021-01-28 08:44:00

If they are Micheal Angelo style no issues Iust had 90% replaced in my house Taken Down, New thicker Insulation and then Gibbed Builder had no issues with them

Edited by greeny at 9:22 am, Thu 28 Jan

greeny - 2021-01-28 09:21:00