"Asbestos, and certain materials containing asbestos, are a good insulator of heat and are resistant to fire. This made it an ideal material to use in the construction of certain products which needed to retain heat to function appropriately, like flues within a chimney, or components of a hot water heating system."
"Technology has since advanced beyond the need for asbestos. However, HETAS installers may, on rare occasions, come across older properties which still contain some asbestos."
"To maintain the highest levels of safety, works carried out on a property built or refurbished before 2000 should be assumed to have the potential to contain asbestos."
"While finding asbestos in fireplaces might not be what you were hoping for when renovating an older property, there is no need to abandon your dream fireplace ideas just yet - there is always a solution."
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