Many William & Mary buildings constructed before 1985 contained asbestos, including floor tiles, mastics, HVAC duct tape, pipe insulation, roofing, spray-applied ceiling textures, ceiling tiles and ...

Although its use is banned today, it can sometimes be found in older homes, often in the form of asbestos insulation ... present in both the substrate and spray-on surface of older popcorn ...

asbestos would also be used everywhere for insulation purposes, as well as around boilers, steam pipes and everywhere else where the heat-retaining yet thermally stable properties were very useful.