On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:01:58 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote:

Kenny wrote:
I'm in council housing, there's an outside shed with a corrugated
roof which looks like asbestos but I don't know for sure. I have
asked the landlord if it is, they couldn't say and told me to submit
a formal written request for that info. I will do that but meantime
a question to the group, is there an easy way to check if this is
asbestos? Polish neighbour was on his (same) shed roof, I think
trying to fix a leak, and I tried telling him that it may be asbestos
but couldn't get it across to him. Was he at any risk, apart from
falling off it maybe?
Kenny Cargill

The only corrgated roofing I have ever seen has been steel, aluminum or
fiberglass.

There was a lot of asbestos based corrugated roofing material used
around the world - not so much in residential applications here in
North America.. It was VERY common in Britain and the colonies
(east/central Africa) And Australia It was referred to generically as
AC material (Asbestos Cement), and often referred to as "Hardie Board"
down under because one of the major manufacturers was James Hardie and
Co. (trade name Fibrolite) and Wonderliche Durobestos was anothe brand
popular down under.

Up here in Canada and the USA it is most often refered to as
"transite"
In the USA, Keasby and Mattison were the first to produce AC building
panels under the Ambler brand.
Johns Manville became the most recognizeable brand in North America,
followed cloely by National Gypsum's Gold Bond brand. There was also
Asbestone,
Thermolite and Durocell were products of Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing
in the Valley Forge area. (Baldwin Ehret Hill) who also made AC
building board
Celotex and it's Canadian subsidiery Carey Corp also produced AC
building panels.

It saw a LOT of industrial applications - many factory roofs and walls
because it was strong and fire-proof, and in roofing applications it
was MUCH quieter than corrugated steel roofing.