Why are asbestos sheets are used to make the roofs of houses?
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Answer:
Corrugated asbestos sheets were used in the roofing and siding of all types of buildings, especially in factories and farms. Because fibrous cement is much more water resistant than drywall, flat sheets of asbestos cement found their way into the interiors of homes and businesses as walls and underlayment for flooring.
Explanation:
Although it is still popularly called "iron" in the UK, the material used is actually steel (which is iron alloyed with carbon for strength, commonly 0.3% carbon), and only the surviving vintage sheets may actually be made up of 100% iron.
Asbestos cement, genericized as fibro or fibrolite - short for "fibrous (or fibre) cement sheet" - and AC sheet, is a building material in which asbestos fibres are used to reinforce thin rigid cement sheets.
Corrugated asbestos sheets were used in the roofing and siding of all types of buildings, especially in factories and farms. Because fibrous cement is much more water resistant than drywall, flat sheets of asbestos cement found their way into the interiors of homes and businesses as walls and underlayment for flooring.