Asbestos can be found in places you’d expect, but also in some pretty usual places. Asking yourself, “could this be asbestos?” is the first important step to identifying the silent killer. So, if you are renovating or making some changes around your home, it’s...
If your home or business was constructed prior to the mid-1980s, there’s a good chance that asbestos products were used to build it. Most of the time, these products can’t be seen easily, and you might not even know they’re there. But if you do happen to come across...
If you’re thinking about starting a bathroom renovation in a house built before 1990, there’s an important safety factor to consider: asbestos. Asbestos products were used a lot in construction prior to the mid-1980s, when they were phased out after the dangers of...
Join us at the Sunday Mail Home Show in September! Excel Asbestos Removals will be joining hundreds of exhibitors at the Sunday Mail Home Show from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th of September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Brisbane’s favourite Home Show...
Asbestos was a widely used building material up until a few decades ago, because of its durability, heat and fire resistance, and its capacity for insulation and erosion prevention. As science and technology evolved, it was found that the mineral fibres in asbestos...
Householders are legally entitled to remove asbestos from their homes themselves when it’s exposed during renovations, repairs or deterioration. But because of the seriousness of asbestos-related disease following exposure, the high level of protection needed during...
