It’s everywhere. It turns up all over the place. Because asbestos wasn’t fully banned in the UK until 1999, it’s found in numerous industrial and residential buildings that were either built or refurbished before the year 2000. It’s contained in a wealth of materials commonly used in construction, and it’s our job to find and safely dispose of it. So where can asbestos be found? Let’s explore.
Where can asbestos be found inside commercial buildings?
There’s a long list of places where there’s likely to be asbestos inside a commercial property. Here they are, in alphabetical order:
- In the AIB (Asbestos Insulating Board) around boilers
- Vinyl floor tiles
- Ceiling tiles
- Fire door panels
- Partition walls
- Asbestos cement water tanks
- Asbestos rope seals
- Asbestos gaskets
- Lagging for boilers and pipes
- Loose fill insulation
- Spray coatings on ceilings, walls, beams, and columns
- Fabrics like fire blankets
- Textured decorating coats like Artex
- Toilet seats and cisterns
Where can asbestos be found outside commercial buildings?
Outside commercial properties, we frequently find asbestos in:
- Cement flues
- Cement roofs and panels
- Cement gutters and downpipes
- Soffits where AIB or asbestos cement are present
Where asbestos is found inside domestic property
Residential properties built before the year 2000 are also at risk from asbestos, which is commonly found inside the home in any or all of these places:
- In AIB-constructed airing cupboards, bath panels, and the panel behind the fuse box
- Sprayed insulation coatings on boilers
- Ceiling tiles
- Interior window panels
- Partition walls
- Asbestos cement water tanks
- Loose fill insulation
- Pipe lagging
- Textured decorative coatings like Artex
- Toilet seats and cisterns
Find asbestos, make it safe, remove it properly
It’s our job to locate any asbestos in your building, make the place it safe, remove asbestos according to the rules and regulations, and dispose of it safely as decreed by the Health and Safety Executive. Get in touch with the team - we’ll be pleased to help.
