Asbestos Testing & Removal Cleaning Services

Because of its perceived versatility, many older houses — particularly those built before 1985, though asbestos wasn’t banned until the end of 1999 — may have asbestos in their insulation, pipes, floor tiles, walls, bathroom fittings, garage roofs and even mixed into cement.

AIB (Asbestos Insulating Board) can be found in many places throughout industrial and commercial buildings, including in fire doors, partition walls, ceiling tiles and boiler surrounds.

It may also have been sprayed as a coating onto walls and ceilings, used as lagging for boilers, included in gaskets and rope seals, distributed throughout the property as insulation and even applied as a part of the decorative elements – paper and wall coatings, for example.

DIY asbestos kits are available on line to purchase. However it is necessary to use suitable PPE and the correct process for sample collection. The sample will then need to be sent to a UKAS approved laboratory for analysis and results.

Due to the technicalities of sample collection and the potential health and safety risk, we would always recommend you have a qualified professional complete the testing.

Yes. If loose asbestos fibres are inhaled, they can cause serious health problems over time. These problems include lung cancer, asbestosis (another serious lung condition) and mesothelioma (a type of cancer that begins in the lining of the organs).

These conditions can prove fatal.

You should always approach a qualified and accredited asbestos specialist in order to test for asbestos safely and effectively. Rainbow International can do this for you.