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Asbestos Cement: Cement with 10-15% asbestos fibre as reinforcement. Fragile will not bear heavy weights. Hazardous fibres may be released if cut or drilled.
Ashlar: Finely dressed natural stone: the best grade of masonry.
Asbestos Cement Cement mixed with up to 15% asbestos fibre as reinforcement. Typically used in roofing, rainwater goods, fire-proof linings and various other claddings and linings. It is fragile and will not usually bear heavy weights.
Asbestos cement ('fibro-cement') - Sheet cladding material, consisting of a composition of asbestos fibres, set in Portland Cement. It was manufactured locally from 1917, now discredited and glass fibres substituted for asbestos.
Definition: A roofing unit of wood, asphaltic material, slate, tile, concrete, asbestos cement, or other material cut to stock lengths, widths, and thickness; used as an exterior covering on sloping roofs and side walls; ...
 See also: Concrete, Cement, Shingles, House, Asbestos
  
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