Fencing, Sheds & Land Development

The Moreton Bay Region includes fast-growing corridors such as Caboolture and North Lakes, where older rural land has been converted into residential estates. Many of these areas previously contained farm buildings, sheds, and fencing made with asbestos cement products. When land is cleared or redeveloped, asbestos materials can remain hidden in soil or debris, creating risks during demolition, excavation, and construction. Without testing, asbestos can be disturbed unexpectedly during earthworks or site preparation.

Large residential blocks across the region also commonly feature older boundary fencing, particularly corrugated asbestos cement panels known as Super 6. These fences were widely used due to their strength and low cost and are still present on many properties today. Weathering, impact damage, or removal attempts can release fibres. Testing and inspection help identify these materials early, allowing homeowners, builders, and developers to manage asbestos risks safely and meet regulatory requirements.

• Evaluating your site property to establish what is suspect with containing asbestos.
• Give you the details of 3 or 4 independent asbestos testing laboratories, so you can have the products independently tested.
• If work is required, we supply a free no obligation quotation including removal and rebuild if required.
• On acceptance liaise with you on time frame and completion of job.
• Clean work site so it looks like we were never there.

Don't be fooled into thinking that the unseen asbestos product is not harmful to you and your family or work collogues as independent studies have shown that exposure to asbestos fibers can be deadly.

It is unfortunate that when it was decided to use asbestos in manufacturing that it was not tested to see if it would be safe. Only when deadly coincidence's happened that it would be stopped but not until 2004 and only when it was evident that when either caused death or serious health issues. There is no excuse today though in having this product around now. Testing and removal is at everyone's fingertips and is as easy as picking up a phone and start the process of removing asbestos products.

•  Mesothelioma, which is always fatal,  
•  Lung cancer almost always fatal,
•  Asbestosis not always fatal, but it can be very debilitating
•  Diffuse pleural thickening, not fatal.

Asbestos fibers are present in the environment in Australia so most people are exposed to very low levels of fibers. However, a key factor in the risk of developing an asbestos-related disease is the total number of fibers breathed in. Working on or near damaged asbestos-containing materials or breathing in high levels of asbestos fibers, which may be many hundreds of times that of environmental levels can increase your chances of getting an asbestos-related disease.

Asbestos related diseases won't affect immediately but later on in life, so there is a need for you to protect yourself now to prevent you contracting an asbestos-related disease in the future. It is also important to remember that people who smoke and are also exposed to asbestos fibers are at a much greater risk of developing lung cancer.

Here is more information about the affects of asbestos at The Pleural Mesothelioma Center