{"id":177,"date":"2026-04-28T07:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/?p=177"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:02:30","slug":"asbestos-a-diy-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/asbestos-a-diy-hazard\/","title":{"rendered":"Asbestos \u2013 a DIY hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video 1 \u2013 Asbestos Hazards, Risks and Identification\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_-YCVoEGhm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve got an older home, chances are you might have asbestos somewhere. Generally speaking if your house has been built or renovated from post war up to about 1990, then you might be at risk. The obvious situations are cladding and roofing but many other materials also contain asbestos. If you own a fibro house, then be aware. Now, none of this is a problem as long as its not disturbed but if you are doing any sort of demolition or renovation, get some expert help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s also a good website put by the NSW government which will provide a lot of information.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestos.nsw.gov.au\">https:\/\/www.asbestos.nsw.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve got an older home, chances are you might have asbestos somewhere. Generally speaking if your house has been built or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging","category-home-maintenance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Opera-Snapshot_2026-04-28_220133_highlandsfixit.com_.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandsfixit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}