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[[Image:Fibro.JPG|thumb|300px|A pre-WW2 house in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], Northern Australia. The roof is sheeted with corrugated fibro sheets and the walls with flat fibro sheeting, with fibro cover battens over the joints.]]
[[Image:Corrugated-fibro-roofing.jpg|thumb|300px| Roof sheeting, known as Hardies "super six."]]
[[Image:Asbestos-fibres.JPG|thumb|300px|Exposed asbestos fibres on weathered Super Six hip flashing.]]
[[Image:Fibro-cutter.jpg|thumb|300px|A tool used for cutting flat fibro sheets, a fibro cutter.]]
'''Fibro''', the shortened form of "Fibrous [[Cement]]" - or "Fibrous [[Asbestos]] Cement", FAC, is a building material made of compressed fibres cemented into rigid sheets.<ref>[http://www.baalliance.com.au/glossary.htm B.A.Group - Glossary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
While "Fibro" has been used in a number of countries, it is in [[Australia]] where its use was the most widespread. Manufactured and sold by [[James Hardie]] until the mid 1980s "Fibro" in all its forms was a very popular building material. The fibres involved were almost always Asbestos based. The use of "Fibro" have since been [[Asbestos and the law|banned in several countries]], including Australia itself, due to its [[asbestosis]]- and [[mesothelioma]]-causing Asbestos content.
==Products Used In The Building Industry==
*Flat sheets for house walls and ceilings were usually 6 mm and 4.5 mm thick, in 900 and 1200 widths and from 1800 to 3000 long.
*Battens 50 mm wide x 8 mm thick. Used to cover the joints in the sheets.
*Super Six corrugated roof sheeting and fencing.
*Internal wet area sheeting, "Tilux"
*Pipes of various sizes for water and drainage.
*Moulded products from plant pots to cable pits.
==See also==
*[[Fiber cement siding]] replaced the asbestos sheeting in the 1980s.
== References ==
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==External links ==
*http://www.nsw.gov.au/fibro/
*[http://www.builderbill-diy-help.com/asbestos.html Advice if you have FAC in your home]
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