It’s good to renovate your home after a couple of years. Do you know if there is asbestos in your home or not? You must do home inspection to find it out. Avoid asbestos while remodeling your home.
Things to be known – It is a fact that every home doesn’t have asbestos. There are certain rules and by following those it can be known that whether asbestos are there in your home or not. It is true that every building material will not consist of asbestos. This is because it is made illegal in many countries to use asbestos filled building materials. And there are asbestos removal and demolition companies Perth that help people to get rid of asbestos in the safest ways.It is not right to store, use and install those things in which asbestos are used.
If your home was made prior to 1990, it is possible that asbestos building materials were used for making it. So, when you are hiring a pro to remodel your home, you ought to tell them that at which time your dwelling place was created. This will help your hired professionals a lot. If you know that your home contains asbestos, you must hire an asbestos removal company to remove it before starting your home’s renovating work.
Distinct types – The distinct types of asbestos have different features. Non-friable asbestos remains bonded, while another type that is friable asbestos remains loose every time and not bonded. It is a fact that non-friable asbestos consists of products that are present in non-domestic as well as domestic buildings. This kind of asbestos isn’t harmful only if any professional gets it in a stable condition, in an undisturbed and indestructible form. However, friable asbestos are not at all good for any person’s health. This kind of asbestos is loose, so its fibres are also loose. And due to this reason, it converts into dust if light force is given. When friable asbestos converts into dust, it can spread anywhere and even others can inhale such things while breathing. Actually, friable asbestos is available in industrial as well as old complexes for commercial use. Moreover, it is used for sound proofing, insulation and fireproofing.
Places – Non-friable asbestos are present especially in your home’s vinyl tiles. Such tiles have 8 to 30% of asbestos in a very tight bonding matrix. But, if these tiles’ condition becomes bad, then it will convert into friable asbestos. This is not a good thing. In a bathroom, friable asbestos products were applied. It is said that friable asbestos was used in little proportion in several domestic buildings. Friable asbestos can be present in old stoves, pipe legging and so on.