Is this asbestos?

pine77

Found these two sheets of green material in my loft today:

Seems like a strange material.. quite heavy too...









Up close:

http://i.imgur.com/0qub8jI.jpg

Dan-Dan

That looks like old fashioned laminate underlay to me

Ben84

Looks like rough finish fibreboard to me. That's pretty heavy stuff too. As far as I know it's made predominately from compressed wood fibres, and the green stuff is moisture resistant.

phill99

+1 for laminate flooring underlay.

27col

My first thought was for fibre board.

pine77

Thanks guys

Dan-Dan

obviously take necessary precautions , but it`s identical to the underlay we removed last year under some old laminate

muckybutt

That looks like fiber board I have to say.

Depending on its age etc it could contain Asbestos yes ! treat it with care and if you go about moving it wear a respirator. Do not attempt to break it up.

If it's out of the way then leave it alone and it will be perfectly safe, if you intend leaving it up there then you could seal it with a dilute pva water mix.