Your home may contain asbestos if it was built or refurbished before the year 2000.
When asbestos is in good condition and not disturbed or damaged, it is not a danger. Once disturbed, for examples carrying out improvements or DIY works in your home, asbestos fibres may become airborne and a possible risk to health.
We carry out asbestos surveys ahead of any refurbishment works e.g. a new kitchen, new roof, and intrusive repairs such as replacing a floor covering, to keep customers and our colleagues safe.
There is no legal obligation to survey all our properties unless carrying out significant work, but we endeavour to survey 100% as quickly as we can. We have surveyed 100% of our communal buildings and where asbestos is present we inspect these on an annual basis to make sure they remain safe.
Our survey/testing contractors are part of UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) to standards ISO 17020 and ISO 17025.
Asbestos removal contractors have been awarded a license from the HSE to remove asbestos and are members of ARCA (Asbestos Removal Contractors Association).
Asbestos was banned in 1999. Prior to this it was used in many products. The most common materials likely to have asbestos present in domestic properties are:
If you think you may have damaged asbestos in your home or plan to make any improvement works and are unsure of the presence of asbestos please let contact us immediately.
