Michael Thomas
11-26-2007, 11:11 AM
First picture is a heating duct in a floor slab seen from above through a floor register in a circa 1950s ranch.
Second picture is a detail of a picture of a different duct identified as "Transite" at:
http://www.inspect-ny.com/aircond/ducts/TransiteHeatDuct.jpg
Pretty similar, eh?
On that basis I reported it as possible asbestos containing material.
Went out there today and met the client's HVAC contractor WRT other issues.
Also, brought along my wife's tiny Kodak camera, which was small enough to get past the narrow register opening and operate once I got it down into the duct.
That's the next three pictures.
HVAC guy says: "Only way to know for sure is to have it tested, but that's NOT Transite, that's clay tile. Almost never see that, everything in a slab that age around here is either Transite or formed concrete concrete. I've seen it maybe once or twice. But you can see the brown glaze color, the sections are only 2' long (Transite came in 10' lengths, and is gray), and you can see the clay tile in cross-section in the pictures."
Client will get it tested to be sure, but of course is happy.
I of course am somewhat chagrined.
Second picture is a detail of a picture of a different duct identified as "Transite" at:
http://www.inspect-ny.com/aircond/ducts/TransiteHeatDuct.jpg
Pretty similar, eh?
On that basis I reported it as possible asbestos containing material.
Went out there today and met the client's HVAC contractor WRT other issues.
Also, brought along my wife's tiny Kodak camera, which was small enough to get past the narrow register opening and operate once I got it down into the duct.
That's the next three pictures.
HVAC guy says: "Only way to know for sure is to have it tested, but that's NOT Transite, that's clay tile. Almost never see that, everything in a slab that age around here is either Transite or formed concrete concrete. I've seen it maybe once or twice. But you can see the brown glaze color, the sections are only 2' long (Transite came in 10' lengths, and is gray), and you can see the clay tile in cross-section in the pictures."
Client will get it tested to be sure, but of course is happy.
I of course am somewhat chagrined.