Vinyl asbestos, asphalt, and rubber tiles, as well as the backing on vinyl sheet flooring and adhesives used for installing floor tile may contain asbestos. Sanding or scraping the tiles or backing material during removal can release fibers. Cement sheet, millboard, and paper. Used as insulation around furnaces and wood-burning stoves, these materials may release asbestos fibers during repair or removal of the appliances or by cutting, tearing, sanding, drilling, or sawing the insulation. Door gaskets in oil furnaces, wood stoves, and coal stoves.
Worn seals can release asbestos fibers during use.
Soundproofing or decorative material sprayed on walls and ceilings. Loose, crumbly, or water-damaged material may release fibers, as will sanding, drilling, or scraping the material. Use of these materials was banned in 1977. Sanding, scraping, or drilling these surfaces may release asbestos. Asbestos cement roofing, shingles, and siding.