Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Heater Duct Asbestos?
From:Oliver Mueller-Heubach
Date:Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:10:56 -0400

Hi- having inadvertently soaked the guts of one accordion tube (80
Westy), I have it out in the sun to dry. The inside is a wire basket
tube with a white wrap and a grey wrap. The grey looks to be recycled
cotton fluff, but the white is, I'm guessing, friable asbestos, or?
If it is, I'm not too thrilled about it being in the heater line (now
that I know what is in there, it makes me paranoid). So, can I just
encapsulate the wire tube/insulation in aluminum foil? With it being
a plastic tube and having the cotton wrap it can't get hot enough to
burn the foil, right? Thanks

Oliver Mueller-Heubach
groundhogging@mac.com