How to clean up asbestos
Asbestos is a substance that is found in various products, especially in the field of insulating construction. If you are planning to proceed with the cleanup asbestos alone, without the aid of a specialized company, it is good groped to follow a procedure as safe as possible.
The vast majority of common Italian has plans that regulate these operations, especially with regard to the storage site or the eventual withdrawal spot. The first step is just to gather information regarding the provisions bestowed by the City of belonging and then move accordingly.
What do I need? The material for the extraction of asbestos could be more varied. Everything depends on the position occupied by asbestos to be reclaimed; for example, the removal of asbestos coatings may require different equipment than those used to remove the toxic substance from the same floor.
In general, it will take a facial mask, specially tested for asbestos. Gloves, protective clothing, disposable, wet rags, boots, water sprayer (with some arrangement could also fit the carpet cleaner or the robot that used to wash the car). The water sprayer is necessary because, when we begin to remove the asbestos from the designated area, it is essential to maintain this material moist at all times.
The moisture keeps the poor so that you do not inhale. The moisture allows the fibers to settle and do not become airborne. Your goal should be to remove the asbestos without inhaling and without dispersing in the air. For the same reason, wet rags should be placed along the entire floor and cover the largest area possible.
Once you have found asbestos and removed the most part, you should make sure to scrape the surfaces that came into contact with the sheet of asbestos. Specialty stores have the move bags to store the powder, and the portions of the asbestos removed. Seal the toxic material and make arrangements with the municipality of residence for storage.
It will be common to take the job or refer you to a competent company. If you want to personally deliver the materials, you should seal it in bags, and make sure that the landfill accepts asbestos material, and that has enough space to accept the amount of waste that you deliver.
When the removal is complete, you’ll begin to reclaim yourself, in other words, you will have to decontaminate the asbestos dust. Use the sprayer with water and wash when you still don disposable overalls, spray water from top to bottom, remove protective clothing. The respirator (or mask), should be removed only when all the dust has been removed, so it is the last step to be made.
At the end of the work, you must ensure that all workers, including you, have completed the decontamination of the body. To know if you have done your work effectively remediation of asbestos, you can contact a specialized company or consult an expert.
Considering the costs of disposal and maintenance work needed to dismantle the walls, floors or insulation before performing any kind of work it is best to contact a company to compare their quote with the costs that you will still need to support the maintenance and disposal. If this is the removal of a simple tiling, you almost certainly will agree to clean up the asbestos standard.
