Mr Fluffy Loose Fill Asbestos Insulation

He will be forever known as mr fluffy after the deadly loose fill asbestos insulation he installed in ceiling cavities throughout canberra regional nsw and very likely victoria.

Mr fluffy loose fill asbestos insulation.

Loose fill never has paper or other types of backing like some but not all batt and blanket. But mr fluffy offered loose fill asbestos insulation as a cheap easy solution for an entire home. The news came after mr swinburn and his wife registered their home for testing in the state government s mr fluffy loose fill asbestos voluntary purchase and demolition program. Loose fill asbestos was sold as ceiling insulation in the 1960s and 1970s by a company trading as mr fluffy.

Loose fill asbestos is a dangerous form of asbestos used for insulation by a small group of companies in the 1960s and 1970s. The best known of these companies mr fluffy operated in the act and in some areas of nsw. A canberra based company known as mr fluffy installed this insulation in around 1 000 homes in the act. Details of the voluntary purchase and demolition program for homes in nsw found to contain loose fill asbestos insulation.

While most properties impacted are located in the act a small number of properties in south east nsw have been identified as containing this type of insulation. The types of insulation that were most commonly made with asbestos are loose fill also called blown in insulation. Loose fill asbestos insulation is particularly dangerous because unlike the most common form of asbestos in australian homes fibro loose fill insulation is not bonded meaning it s easy for asbestos fibres to be released into the air. Mr fluffy is understood to have also installed insulation in homes in nsw.

Property professionals helping you understand how to qualify as a property professional run a property business and your responsibilities when managing properties. The act and parts of new south wales are dealing with the potentially deadly legacy of loose fill asbestos insulation in the 1960s and 1970s used by an operator that became known as mr fluffy. Loose fill insulation comes in a variety of materials. Mr fluffy one of the worst asbestos contaminations in history.

It is easy to identify by its loose lumpy form and fluffy or granular texture.