Asbestos Assessment

Many structures of all types, built prior to 1990 are likely to be housing asbestos and/or asbestos composite material. Even after this period, pending use of second hand material and/or old stock being used.

Asbestos may be housed within composite materials including, yet not limited to:

• floor and ceiling tiles
• fencing panels
• guttering, down-pipes, shingles, flashing and capping
• insulation within other products such as PC items or free standing
• cement and similar compounds such as Vermiculate
• service pipes for water, drainage and other purposes
• Particularly and most commonly located within wall and ceiling linings, sheeting to gables, eves and roof sheeting.

In some cases materials containing asbestos may be sound, seeing particles encapsulated.

In most cases we find the product or material has deteriorated, allowing particles to escape.

Large displaced particles may be found within close proximity to the areas in which the offending material is housed, yet more often finer dust like particles escape and can be transported well beyond the area from where the material is housed.

Encapsulation of materials can render the area safe, yet in most situations the entire subject cannot be reached to treat. Asbestos removal is the only permanent solution to the problem.