The single largest use of asbestos here was in fibre cement cladding, which is fine if you don't decide to cut or drill into it. In fact given that it's nearly

The single largest use of asbestos here was in fibre cement cladding, which is fine if you don't decide to cut or drill into it. In fact given that it's nearly indestructible and will wear most saw blades and drills down to a stump in about 5cm of cutting, you couldn't cut/drill it even if you wanted to. Neighbour of ours wanted to put in a serving hatch outside his kitchen and after about 20 minutes of attacking it with all sorts of devices gave up and decided they'd just pass stuff out through the window instead.