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.
Mr fluffy 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.
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.
But mr fluffy offered loose fill asbestos insulation as a cheap easy solution for an entire home.
Loose fill asbestos is a dangerous form of asbestos used for insulation by a small group of companies in the 1960s and 1970s.
It is easy to identify by its loose lumpy form and fluffy or granular texture.
The best known of these companies mr fluffy operated in the act and in some areas of nsw.
Loose fill insulation comes in a variety of materials.
Loose fill asbestos was sold as ceiling insulation in the 1960s and 1970s by a company trading as mr fluffy.
During the 1960s and 1970s pure loose fill asbestos was sold as ceiling insulation for residential and commercial premises.
The types of insulation that were most commonly made with asbestos are loose fill also called blown in insulation.
Mr fluffy refers to a widespread asbestos contamination incident that occurred in the suburbs of canberra the capital city of australia two companies referred to collectively as mr fluffy a nickname coined in the 1990s for asbestosfluf insulations and its successor j h insulation the former run by canberra.
Details of the voluntary purchase and demolition program for homes in nsw found to contain loose fill asbestos insulation.
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Mr fluffy is understood to have also installed insulation in homes in nsw.
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.
A canberra based company known as mr fluffy installed this insulation in around 1 000 homes in the act.