Asbestos. That nasty mineral that we want out of our lives for good. Unfortunately, so many Aussie homes built before the late-80s contain this inferior fiber that contains so many health risks.
As such, there are professionals whose dedicated job it is to go to homes and remove the awful stuff before it has a chance of causing irreparable harm.
Many homeowners think they can go the DIY route, donning some PPE and pulling out chrysotile willy-nilly. We’re just here to say one thing: don’t do it.
You should always call in the professionals to do this job, as they have the skills and safety precautions needed to ensure it is removed and disposed of to the highest of standards.
The last thing you want is to risk doing a bad job of disposal, so here are a few reasons why you should always call in the pros:
1. You simply don’t have the training for this dangerous job
We don’t mean to be condescending here, but it’s true. To ensure adequate asbestos testing and removal, you simply need to call in the professionals. They have the training, skills, and experience to ensure the job is done to the highest safety standards possible.
Unfortunately, this isn’t your everyday home handy work – it’s something that takes specialized training to fully ensure that it is removed and disposed of to the right standards. Otherwise, you are simply putting yourself, other occupants, and even the public at risk!
2. You don’t have the proper gear for this dangerous job
Once again, not being harsh: but you need the right technology to do this job properly. You can’t just go chucking on a COVID-era facemask and some gardening gloves before pulling out parts of chrysotile – it simply doesn’t work that way!
Anyone who knows absolutely anything about this terrible mineral is that it’s completely hazardous. This means it should be avoided at all costs if you don’t have the training and equipment to adequately test, remove and dispose of it.
The experts in the field don’t only have the right training to do the job safely – they also specialize in using the right equipment to ensure they can go home each night with the knowledge they didn’t come into direct contact with this nasty material.
3. You haven’t seen what the pros have seen
All homes and businesses are different. Therefore, there is no singular approach to this process. There can be all kinds of surprises in the removal industry.
Therefore, it’s important that you always go with a professional with plenty of experience. Why? Because they have seen everything there is to see in this dangerous industry and can respond appropriately.
The last thing you would want to do is watch some YouTube videos only to find that your situation is completely different from the one they outlined in the instructions – you won’t know what to do next!
If this happens to you then you can be sure you will have to call in the pros anyway, so you should always avoid this annoying situation from happening in the first place.
As you can see, there are no real benefits to trying to do this hectic job by yourself. This is a nasty mineral that has caused so much trouble over the years, and so the last thing you should do is run the gauntlet and try to remove asbestos from the roof yourself – it’s just so dangerous!
