ASBESTOS TESTING IN LONDON

Dependable asbestos tests by people who know what's what

As a highly experienced London asbestos tester we operate across the country to protect people from the dangers of deadly asbestos. Because our trained analysts have their BOHS, P403 and P404 examinations, along with experience in a wide range of areas of asbestos, we can resource air monitoring services for incredibly complex projects with 100% confidence.

Asbestos tests are essential when you think there might be asbestos in your building. The extreme health risks behind many asbestos materials mean you need to take great care to protect people's health.

We carry out asbestos bulk sample identification. Our London asbestos laboratory is always on hand to provide testing in accordance with ISO 17025. Our lab tests all sorts of suspect items for the presence of asbestos, and you'll get a fast next-day response. We test emergency samples within a few hours, and all the samples we test are issued with a formal certificate of analysis.

We analyse bulk samples via plane polarising microscopy together with dispersion staining techniques. All the samples we test are analysed under strict control measures. Our lab technical staff can take bulk samples or you can have them delivered by courier. And every test we do is designed to identify what type of asbestos is present, if any.

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Working for both the private and public sectors, we are highly experienced in inspecting every imaginable environment. We work with people in academia and commercial settings, and we test for asbestos in residential buildings and utilities. A specialism of ours is the marine sector, working with offshore businesses and shipping companies, for whom we can do the work but not provide accreditation... yet!

Our trained analysts have plenty of great experience in other areas of asbestos, well-rounded experts in their field. All this means tricky projects are never a problem, from Land's End to John O'Groats.

Knowing you've done the decent thing

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 requires you to identify and control asbestos in buildings, and that means careful testing. Asbestos is found in so many everyday building materials, there's a huge list, and there's no reliable way to tell it is there just by looking. Our crack team of asbestos surveyors undertakes all the right inspections in accordance with the UK's standards.

Because all of our surveyors hold the essential BOHS P402 qualification and also easily surpass the six-months experience requirement, we're perfectly placed to help you. Whether you're at home or abroad, we'll provide all the asbestos test services you need.

Can you do your own asbestos testing?

Asbestos testing kits are available, but you also need to find a lab to analyse the tests for you. It is best to leave asbestos testing to the professionals, then you know for sure you’re getting reliable test results carried out by experts who know everything there is to know about asbestos.

How do you recognise asbestos?

It’s actually quite a challenge to identify asbestos. It can look at lot like blown-in cellulose, which is simply recycled paper used for insulation. A loose-fill insulation called vermiculite can also look a lot like asbestos but it’s harmless. Then there are innocent-looking exterior cement shingles, which look fine but might actually be made from asbestos-cement. You can’t tell by just looking.

Where do I usually find asbestos in a building?

Sadly there’s no ‘usually’. Asbestos turns up in the oddest places, including sheet vinyl flooring, floor tiles, ceiling cavities where it’s used for insulation. It appears in pipe cement and mastic, in the heating pipe insulation you wrap around pipes, in roof flashing and roof tiles. Because it wasn’t banned in the UK until 1999, it turns up more or less everywhere.

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