Staffordshire - Asbestos Demolition Surveys - 0121 381 0129

The office that covers this area is: Birmingham

The towns & cities that are covered within this county are:
Abbots Bromley, Above Church, Acton Trussell, Adbaston, Allgreave, Alton, Amington, Anslow, Armitage, Bagnall, Balterley, Barton-under-Needwood, Basford, Berkswick, Biddulph, Bilthbury, Bobbington, Branston, Broad Meadow, Burntwood, Burston, Burton upon Trent, Cannock, Caverswall, Cheadle, Chesterton, Codsall, Coton, Cross Heath, Denstone, Eccleshall, Elmhurst, Fazeley, Fole, Froghall, Grindley, Hamstall Ridware, Haughton, Hednesford, Horton, Keele, Kingstone, Leek, Lichfield, Loggerheads, Marchington Woodlands, Middleport, Milton, Newton, Oakamoor, Oulton, Penkridge, Perton, Rocester, Rugeley, Sandon, Silverdale, Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Stone, Stramshall, Stretton, Tamworth, Trentham, Tutbury, Upper Hulme, Uttoxeter, Wall, Westlands, Whitmore,

Phone Number: 0121 381 0129 Email: staffordshire@e2consultants.co.uk

Asbestos_Survey is sometimes referred to as Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Safety.

Surveyor Qualifications

Each member of our asbestos team are holders of the BOHS (British Occupational Hygiene Society) P402 qualification - the statutory proficiency certificate in 'Building Surveys and Bulk Sampling for Asbestos'. Our experienced and professional consultants are here to help so if you have any queries please call us on 0121 381 0129 or send your query to Asbestos-Survey@e2consultants.co.uk.

Our experienced asbestos team that covers Staffordshire are qualified asbestos management, refurbishment and demolition surveyors for industrial, commercial and domestic buildings. We can also undertake a Commercial EPC at the same time to provide you with a cost-effective package deal where needed.

Where Can Asbestos Be Found?

• Toilet cisterns can contain asbestos-reinforced resin materials
• Insulation in floor and wall cavities, lofts and insulating boards
• Artex or similar decorative / textures coating on ceilings and sometimes walls
• External / internal wall panelling particularly around windows
• Water tanks can be made from asbestos cement and is often found in pre-1980 houses
• Flash Guards on fuse wires and panelling behind fuse boxes
• Sprayed fire insulation
• Floor tiles, mastics and sealants
• Pipe works, boilers, ducts and heat exchanges

What's Involved In An Asbestos Survey?

For an asbestos management survey, formally a type 2 survey, one of our surveyors will take small samples of suspected asbestos from a property to be sent to a lab for testing. They will also note each room in the building and the materials used in its construction - any area unaccessible will be marked as such to indicate the possibility of asbestos.

A refurbishment/demolition survey, formally a type 3 survey, will be, as the name suggests, more destruction than a management survey. This will involve a surveyor accessing areas where future work is to be undertaken by knocking through a wall or drilling into floor slabs. This is to ensure that when the property is destroyed or altered that the next team in won't risk tampering with asbestos themselves that could be damaging to their health.

What Is Asbestos?

Though three types have been widely used in building materials there are actually types of asbestos. The main ones are Chrysotile (white), Amosite (brown) and Crocidolite (blue). Blue is usually the most dangerous followed by brown and then white.

The trade and use of asbestos has been restricted or banned in many jurisdictions in Staffordshire. Asbestos is basically a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used for their desirable physical properties. Though mined from rock, when broken down it breaks apart into tiny fibres.

Asbestos Legislation

A risk assessment must be undertaking by employeers for employees when work is likely to involve asbestos. This should include a plan of how the work is to be carried out as well as outline, and provide solutions to, any asbestos-related issues that may occur. All information must be kept up-to-date and available to anyone who may work or disturb the asbestos containing material (ACM).

Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, it's the duty of the site owner of a commercial premise to identify and manage asbestos in and around the property.