Monday 3 October 2016

Asbestos: Surveys, testing and removing



Asbestos is basically a set of six occurring silicate minerals which occurs naturally and belong to the amphibole and serpentine group of minerals. Materials that have asbestos are damaged or disturbed and fibres are released into the air. By inhaling these fibres a person can suffer various serious diseases such as:


  • ·         Pleural thickening
  • ·         Asbestosis
  • ·         Mesothelioma
  • ·         Lung cancer related to Asbestos


It is banned in more than 50 countries but prior to ban asbestos is extensively used in the construction industry in several of materials. An Asbestos Survey allows a person to identify the presence of asbestos an effective manner. A management survey is also done which aim to document the areas which contain Asbestos, its condition, types of Asbestos and its condition.

Asbestos remains one of the most difficult health hazards in industrial, domestic and commercial building. In industrial property it can be found inside of AIB panels in fire doors, cement roof, loose fill insulation, ceiling tiles, cement flue and many other areas. In residential property it can be found inside of bath panel, interior window panel, pipe lagging, around boiler and various other areas.

You should contact to full licensed and renowned company for the Asbestos Removal and testing. Asbestos testing can be performed for various reasons and have various levels. These are as following:

·         Exposure Monitoring is performed for establishing workers asbestos exposure by wearing personal monitors. Sampling head is also placed within the person workers breathing zone that is 30cm radius of the head.

·         Control Monitoring is performed by using static monitor placements for indicating the efficiency of process and control methods during Asbestos abatement programs.

·         Clearance Monitoring is done, which is carry out along with a visual inspection for determining that if the stripped asbestos zones are really free of airborne asbestos fibre.

·         Environmental Monitoring is done where there is a need to monitor in outdoor areas which are an identified source of asbestos like removal of fibrocement cladding from the outside of buildings, dump sites etc.

For Asbestos removal in Luton, you can find various companies which provide environmental services and Asbestos services also. You can also contact to the experienced team of these companies to solve out queries related to the asbestos. The services which are mainly included under asbestos services are:


  • ·         Asbestos decontamination
  • ·         Surveys of Asbestos
  • ·         Asbestos management
  • ·         Re-insulation works
  • ·         Asbestos samplings and analysis
  • ·         Asbestos collection services and many others.