Don’t panic if you think you’ve discovered asbestos, testing and aplan of action is just a phone call away
While asbestos is a dangerous material if it’s damaged or incorrectly handled, in most cases non-friable bonded asbestos sheets don’t pose any immediate health risks. If you’ve been doing some DIY or home maintenance work and you think you’ve found some asbestos, or you have planned to do some renovations and you think there might be asbestos in your home or business premises, then it’s time to pick up the phone and get the professionals in by contacting Action Asbestos.
Action Asbestos has 16 years of experience in sampling and testing for asbestos, as well as asbestos removal, and our highly skilled asbestos team will be able to confirm whether you have asbestos in your home. Our technician will take a small sample from the site and we’ll send it off to a lab for independent testing. If the results confirm there is asbestos present, we will then provide you with a free quote for removal of the asbestos material. If you’re looking at demolishing a smaller residential building or a fence because it contains asbestos, Action Asbestos also provides small-scale demolition of asbestos buildings too.
What are some of the common building materials to find asbestos in?
Asbestos is a set of naturally occurring silicate minerals which are very strong and highly resistant to heat, fire, chemicals and friction wear, which is why asbestos became a relatively common building material for homes and smaller commercial properties built, extended, or renovated from the 1930s up until the 1980s.
After the health risks associated with asbestos fibres and dust were revealed, their use was stopped, but they present an ongoing and unfortunately unseen hazard in many homes, often due to poor or incomplete documentation about the materials used during building.
Some of the common areas to find asbestos in your home are:
- Asbestos-cement cladding and roofing
- Backing material for floor tiles and vinyl sheets
- Insulation boards for thermal protection, such as around fireplaces
- Textured ceilings and sprayed on wall surfaces (e.g. popcorn ceilings)
- Lagging for insulation around pipes, heaters, and hot water cylinders
- Textiles
- Spouting and pipes for drainage and water supplies
If you think you have asbestos in your home or business premises or on your property, you're welcome to call us for a chat. We carry out safe testing and can work out a plan with you for safe asbestos removal and disposal of any asbestos found.
If you think you have asbestos in your home or business premises or on your property, you're welcome to call us for a chat. We carry out safe testing and can work out a plan with you of safe asbestos removal and disposal of any asbestos found.
Action Asbestos can also sample for asbestos in soils too, as well as scraping to
remove the contamined soil
Asbestos isn’t just found in homes. Often as the result of illegal removal and dumping of asbestos building materials, the soil underneath such sites can unfortunately become contaminated too. Where you suspect this is the case, Action Asbestos can collect soil samples from the affected area and arrange for them to be tested. If the soil does contain asbestos, Action Asbestos will provide a free quote for soil scraping and removal so your entire property can be asbestos free.
To book in asbestos sample collection and testing, contact our professional team at Action Asbestos.
- Get peace of mind with reliable asbestos testing from Action Asbestos
- Set price of $99 (excluding GST) for asbestos sampling and testing
- If asbestos if confirmed, we provide a free quote on its removal
Providing reliable asbestos sampling and testing in Johnsonville, Porirua, Kapiti, Horowhenua,
and Manawatu.