Asbestos refers to six silicates minerals that are naturally present in rocks. These minerals are made of thin, long and fibrous crystals where each fibre contains a large number of fibrils that are microscopic, and they can be released into the environment easily. It makes an excellent electrical insulator apart from being highly resistant to heat and this explains why it was used as a building material for such a long time. Asbestos can, however, cause significant health hazards. They neither dissolve in water nor move through the soil. When breathed in the fibrils stay deep inside the lungs, which may have effects such as inflammation, scarring and some severe diseases. The major harmful diseases that result from asbestos accumulation in lungs are pleural plaques, lung cancer and mesothelioma. Such hazardous effects of asbestos have made it inevitable for many countries to ban asbestos.

There are mainly 3 types of asbestos: white, blue and brown asbestos while the white asbestos is the one that has been used greatly all over the world. Australia banned use of blue and brown asbestos around the mid-1980s and that of white asbestos in December 2003. However, there remains a lot of constructions in Australia that have originally been of asbestos combined with cement or other products. Hence asbestos removal becomes an absolute necessity in the houses which have been built in the past times. There are various places in a house where one might find asbestos.

Some of them are roof sheets, ceilings, floors, backing to wall tiles, vinyl floor tiles, underlay sheeting for ceramic tiles, fences, garden sheds, low density asbestos, and hot-water pipe insulation. The process of asbestos removal Sydney involve mainly removal of asbestos made constructions in the house and discarding them off to a more secluded place by experts.

There Are A Few Things A Person Hiring An Asbestos Removal Sydney.

1. Examination: Before removal, the first question that remains is exactly which parts of the house actually contain asbestos. Thus, a group of trained professionals from an accredited laboratory must be called for close examination of the samples that are taken from various parts of the house to check for the presence of asbestos before asbestos removal Sydney.

2. keeping the residents & neighbors away: The arrangements for the proper isolation of the residents from the places in the house where asbestos removal would be carried out that the air borne asbestos cannot cause any hazard to them. Informing the neighbors about such a procedure being carried out is equally important to save them from the same risks.

3. Safety equipment: The arrangement of proper filtering respirators, disposable clothing before carrying out such asbestos removal Sydney to safeguard the residents while the removal is being carried out in the house.

4. Marking of hazardous areas: Having knowledge of all the places in the house that are broken or damaged and could be a major source of asbestos fibre release. Such places must be avoided and specially mentioned while removal of asbestos. Avoiding of breaking or renovation of any part of the house that contains asbestos must be avoided to avoid contamination.

5. Licensed officers: It is equally important to find out whether the authorities recruited for asbestos removal Sydney are well equipped and trained to carry out such tasks, whether they have the required license to carry out such removal of asbestos and whether they follow rules and regulations laid out by the concerned government on the removal and disposal of asbestos.

Asbestos removal Sydney may sometimes lead to mishaps owing to the inefficiency of the authorities executing it and can harm the surroundings massively; that is why the safe removal procedure is still extremely essential.