ASBESTOS TESTING - Don't Risk It, If In Doubt, Test.

Thank you for visiting AsbestosTesting.co.uk.

We offer an independent asbestos testing service to commercial clients in the Birmingham and West Midlands areas.

The process is simple.

If you suspect that your premises contain asbestos, call us and arrange a site visit where we will take suitable samples for testing and advise you on any necessary course of action.

We will arrange a fast analysis of your sample in an approved asbestos testing laboratory and get the results to you within 48-72 hours.

Working with some of the UK's largest and most reliable asbestos testing laboratories, all UKAS approved, you can be 100% confident that your result will be accurate.

Emergency Asbestos Testing Service
For Birmingham and the West Midlands

Need something testing in a hurry? We can usually attend sites in the West Midlands area within 48 hours - and possibly even the same day.

All of our staff are qualified asbestos surveyors and highly experienced in safely removing samples for analysis.

The cost, including our attendance at site starts from just £150 plus a small nominal charge per sample tested.

Send A Sample Service

If you have already taken a sample of the suspect material, you are welcome to send it directly to us and save the attendance fee.

The cost for laboratory analysis is £35.25 per sample including VAT.

Please enclose your payment with your samples, cheques made out to AsbestosServices.com Ltd.

If sending samples, please ensure that they are contained in 2 sealed polythene bags and labelled with the address of where the sample was taken from and the type - eg. Artex, Roof Panel, Ceiling Board etc.

How to Get Your Samples To Us

Because asbestos is a controlled substance, it is illegal to send samples that you think might contain asbestos through the post. We recommend therefore, that you use a courier for delivering samples.

The packaging should be labelled as follows: "Laboratory Sample. Could Contain Asbestos."

If required, when your sample analysis is complete, we can arrange a full asbestos survey by qualified asbestos surveyors and arrange for the compilation of an appropriate asbestos register for your premises, in line with the new H&S regulations that came into force in November 2006.

Under these regulations, the person responsible for the building is required to manage the risk from asbestos by:

	Identifying asbestos containing materials within the premises and assessing their condition.
	Presuming materials contain asbestos unless there is strong evidence that they do not.
	Maintaining an up to date record of the location and condition of the asbestos containing materials and presumed asbestos containing materials within the premises.
	Assessing the risk from the material.
	Preparing and implementing a plan detailing how the risk from asbestos containing materials is to be managed.
	Reviewing and monitoring the management plan.
	Providing information on the location and condition of asbestos containing materials to anyone liable to work on or disturb them.

Because asbestos was used in such a vast range of materials, it is virtually impossible to know whether any risk is present without accurate testing.

What Could Happen If You Do Not Comply?

The consequences of the new regulations could be far reaching.

Already, we are hearing reports of public utility companies refusing to work on sites that do not have an asbestos register. Even small disruptions to essential services could be far more costly than an asbestos survey.

But that's not all.

The major insurance companies are already aware of the requirements of the Control of Asbestos  Regulations 2006, so it is likely that employers and public liability insurance policies will include terms requiring that you have an asbestos management programme in force.

Non-compliance could result in exclusions to your insurance cover or in worst-case scenarios, complete voiding of your policy.

Whether you need to get some suspect material tested, or you require an asbestos survey, please call Robert Street or David Carter on 0121 733 8686 and you will receive our immediate attention.