Asbestos can be found in most homes built before the late 1990s.
There may be asbestos in the following areas of your home:
- – Boilers Flues
- – Pipe joints
- – Garage roofs
- – Fire breaks
- – Pipework
- – Gas appliances
- – Pipe boxing
- – Insulation
- – Water heaters
- – Fire doors
- – Textured coatings, like Artex
- – Soffits
- – Partition walls
- – Bath panels
- – Water tanks
- – Storage heaters
- – Fascias
- – Ceiling tiles
- – Floor tiles
- – Door linings
Materials containing asbestos cannot be identified simply by looking at them. To find out whether a material contains asbestos, you need to have a sample taken of the material and have it analysed by an accredited laboratory. We have carried out surveys in many homes and shared the information we found with our tenants.
If you don’t know whether something contains asbestos, phone us on 0121 717 1515 and we will be able to check our register. If we haven’t got a record, we can arrange to have the material inspected, have it analysed or carry out a risk assessment.
