Plumbing Safely Removing Asbestos

Removal of pipes that are made of asbestos are often overlooked as they are mostly out of site, but home and buildings built in the 80's through to late 90's were mostly plumbed with asbestos materials particularly in commercial and government building sites. We specialise in both demolition or strategic removal of asbestos in small to very large commercial sites, no job is too small or large for Asbestos Brisbane, and BBM Contracts.  

Asbestos site evaluations are an important step in the process of determining the stage of where the danger maybe lurking. Removing asbestos from exterior/interior walls and cladding around Brisbane, Sunshine and Gold Coasts homes is very important. One of the major problems with asbestos products is when it gets to a stage of decomposition due to time and weathering it starts to release fibers into the atmosphere and if we are within range we start to breather those fibers in.

• 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 finger tips 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