Identifying Asbestos in Your Home of Office
Asbestos is a difficult material to identify as it can be mixed with other materials like concrete. When used in insulation it's possible to see the asbestos fibers when the insulation is broken or damaged. These fibers become airborne and cause a wide variety of debilitating diseases including lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis. If you suspect that there is something in your home or office that is made of or contains asbestos, contact a professional asbestos abatement team and they'll be able to test concrete, insulation and plenty of other materials to find out definitively if there is asbestos present in the structures you inhabit the most.
Professional Asbestos Removers
If you've contacted a professional team of asbestos removers and they have found asbestos in materials on your property, it is best to take care of the issue before it can cause health issues. Common talk often reveals that if the asbestos isn't old or damaged that it "doesn't need to be removed". Know ahead of time that if you opt not to take care of asbestos, if it causes problems that can be linked to your home, you can be legally responsible. Most countries have laws in place that will hold you responsible for health issues caused as a result of your inability to maintain your property including the States. Since asbestos is so dangerous to the respiratory system, tackling this issue first hand can be tough. By hiring professionals you'll be guaranteed an asbestos-free house within a couple days and not put yourself and your family members at risk by potentially botching the removal if you try it as a DIY project.
What Do Asbestos Removers Do to Preserve Your Health
When you hire a professional team that has experience in safely removing asbestos from properties they're going to be doing a great deal of prep work inside the house first. Plastic sheeting must be duct taped up in all doorways and windows in the room where the asbestos is being unsettled. Before ever even touching the asbestos containing materials (ACMs) the air systems have to be turned off and the vents will be blocked up. This allows the family use of the rest of the house while the removal process goes on, self-contained. Any materials that are known to contain asbestos will be sprayed down with a mister. This makes the needle-like fibers heavy. Rather than being directly inhaled if they break off from an ACM they fall weightily to the ground. Depending on the kind of asbestos being dealt with, a professional removal team may treat the ACM's several times throughout the disposal process. Full body suits and goggles used while removing ACM's must be discarded afterwards to ensure that no asbestos is tracked outside of the removal site unless bagged and tied within trash bags. By employing these simple strategies, asbestos removers are sure that they are keeping this carcinogenic material far from the inhabitants of the house.