David Weller plumber and hot water fitters apprentice
David continues: “…In those houses the water was heated on a back-boiler behind the kitchen fire and that fed a cast-iron hot water tank up in the bathroom cupboard. As theapprentice, it was my job to mix up the powdered asbestos with the correct amount of water in a big wooden barrel. The following day you’d stir up the paste that would form overnight and apply it to the tanks as insulation, about three-quarters of an inch thick…”
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