Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.)

Documents in our library describe Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) as “cement, wall plaster, hydrated lime, rough and finished lumber, wood shingles, wood and also metal sash and doors and window and door frames, wood moldings, roofing and shingles, asphalt and also asbestos, insulating papers, and wallboard, asbestos construction board, asbestos insulation, window screens, and metal weather strippings”.¹

What each document says

Every statement about Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1928, April 1928

• Description: “cement, wall plaster, hydrated lime, rough and finished lumber, wood shingles, wood and also metal sash and doors and window and door frames, wood moldings, roofing and shingles, asphalt and also asbestos, insulating papers, and wallboard, asbestos construction board, asbestos insulation, window screens, and metal weather strippings”, said by O'Neill Lumber Co., Inc., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 53¹

Kind of product

We list Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, paper, felt and millboard and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters, Carpenters and Construction Workers, Electricians and Electrical Workers, Roofers.

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1928, April 1928 (April 1, 1928), p. 53.