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Hardiflex (James Hardie & Co.)

Documents in our library describe Hardiflex (James Hardie & Co.) as “an autoclaved asbestos/cellulose fiber and cement building sheet”.1 They give it as sold from 1971.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Hardiflex (James Hardie & Co.) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1971, October 1971

  • Sold from: “early in June of this year. At about the same time, the company introduced a new all-purpose building board”, p. 141
  • Description: “an autoclaved asbestos/cellulose fiber and cement building sheet”, p. 141

Asbestos Magazine, 1976, October 1976

  • Description: “traditional flat sheet products called Hardiflex”, said by James Hardie Asbestos Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 342

Asbestos Magazine, 1978, September 1978

  • Use: “coated Hardiflex sheets for the ceiling and wall linings” (sales to Terrace Tunnel project, Wellington), said by James Hardie Asbestos Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 383
  • Description: “asbestos-cement building materials” (as of 1974), p. 834

Kind of product

We list Hardiflex (James Hardie & Co.) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (383)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Gothic (maker not given) · Gothic (Ruberoid) · Grain-Tex (maker not given) · Granostruct (Cement Asbestos Products Co. (Capco)) · Granowall (Cement Asbestos Products Co. (Capco)) · Hansonite (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Hansonite (Keene/Beh) · Heat Treated Molted Metal Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Homart (Sears) · Homestead (Johns-Manville) · Honeycomb (Nicolet) · Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) · Humigard (National Gypsum) · Hy-swell (Nicolet) · I-s (Owens-Corning) · and 363 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1971, October 1971 (October 1, 1971), p. 14.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1976, October 1976 (October 1, 1976), p. 34.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1978, September 1978 (September 1, 1978), p. 38.
  4. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 83. Not yet published in our library.

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