Asbestos Removal in Richmond

Clearaway Asbestos has the skills, equipment and experience to remove asbestos-containing materials safely from your home or business, and we work for a range of clients across Richmond who need sampling and removal handled promptly. Asbestos is often found in UK homes and industrial buildings put up before 2000; it was once one of the most widely used materials in the building trade, before the dangers were understood.

It is now thought to kill around 5,000 workers a year in the UK, and has been linked to conditions such as mesothelioma, a cancer affecting the lining of the lungs, along with asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis and pleural thickening, the last of which tends to follow heavy exposure.

So why have asbestos sampling before a Richmond refurbishment? Because it could be hiding in all sorts of places, from water tanks, pipe lagging and loose-fill insulation to textured decorative coatings, toilet cisterns and vinyl floor tiles; in industrial buildings it also turns up in spray paint coatings and cement water tanks. Once disturbed, asbestos-containing materials release fibres that are all too easily breathed in.

We carry out both sampling and removal in Richmond, and where needed we can take out materials such as roofing and have them replaced straight away. For testing and R&D surveys, every sample goes to our UKAS accredited laboratory, and our services include standard air testing and management surveys. For more on asbestos removal in Richmond, get in touch today.