Where can you find asbestos?
A guide for a Commercial property
Asbestos can be found in any industrial or commercial building built or refurbished before the year 2000. It is in many of the common materials used in the building trade that you may come across during your work.
Should you be planning any refurbishment or demolition works in your property, please contact us and we can discuss and advise the level of survey and intrusiveness required to capture all the relevant areas.
ASBESTOS - WHERE IT HIDES
INSIDE
1. Sprayed coatings on ceilings, walls, beams and columns
2. Asbestos cement water tank
3. Loose fill insulation
4. Lagging on boilers and pipes
5. AIB ceiling tiles
6. Toilet seat and cistern
7. AIB partition walls
8. AIB Panels in fire doors
9. Asbestos rope seals, gaskets and paper
10. Vinyl floor tiles
11. AIB around boilers
12. Textiles e.g. fire blankets
13. Textured coatings on walls and ceilings e.g. artex
OUTSIDE
14. Asbestos cement roof
15. Asbestos cement panels
16. Asbestos cement gutters and downpipes
17. Soffits -AIB or asbestos cement
18. Asbestos cement flue
(AIB = Asbestos Insulating Board)