Asbestos Awareness DIY.......are you aware?
Nearly half of the UK’s handy homeowners do not realise that asbestos was used as a domestic building material as recently as the 1990s, according to research reports nearly 14 million homes were built when asbestos materials were being used in construction.
Asbestos where?
Typically, asbestos is found within the domestic property in materials such as floor tiles, toilet cisterns, textured ceiling coatings and the linings of boiler cupboards. It was also once of course a popular choice for the roofs of garages and outbuildings.
Simply not aware!
Surveys have highlighted that nearly half of all homeowners do not know that asbestos was actually used as a building material and could be in their homes today. In light of this there’s definitely more work that needs to be done to ensure people are ‘asbestos aware’.
Solutions!
We here at The Asbestos specialists can provide the homeowner or tenants groups with that level of asbestos awareness to ensure that the risks from asbestos in buildings from DIY are reduced. Our distance learning pack is an ideal way of self learning with the added benefit of the course being undertaken at home in your own time.....if you are member of a tenants association or simply need to be ‘asbestos aware’ give us a call and we can provide you with the information to ensure that your DIY experience is a safe one free from the risks of asbestos.
