Asbestos brick cladding, imitation asbestos brick, asbestos brick veneer, many names for a product that was supposed to hide the weatherboard, the sign of age in Melbourne that, for many, signified backwardness and needed to be rectified by covering the embarrassing weatherboard with “trendy” asbestos brick cladding. In a matter of a day or so, the weatherboard house was transformed into a brick veneer. This wonderful exterior is weathered and broken and freely releases asbestos fibres into your neighbourhood.
