The Shire of Toodyay has entered the RESTRICTED BURNING PERIOD. No fires without valid permits. More information can be found on the following link. Fire restrictions and permits
It is nearly impossible to look at a building and determine with certainty that it contains asbestos, the only way to be certain is a positive identification for the presence of asbestos fibres from a laboratory analysis of a sample. However, if your home was built after 1990, it is unlikely that there were asbestos containing materials used within construction although the total ban on manufacture, use, reuse and sale of asbestos containing materials was only introduced from 31 December 2003. Houses built prior to 1990 are likely to contain asbestos products, especially those constructed before the mid-1980s.
The majority of asbestos containing products within the house were non-friable and include:
Friable asbestos products may also be found within houses and include: