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Residential Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourne South East | Carnegie

Asbestos Removal Carnegie

A&B Asrem is a leading asbestos removal Melbourne service company with wide-ranging experience on asbestos removal in Carnegie, Melbourne’s South East. We understand the inherent health risks associated with asbestos and are specialists in the safe removal and disposal of the dangerous fibre.   Since December 2003, Asbestos has been completely banned for use in Australia as it posed a potential risk to health if inhaled. It is also linked to various diseases including Mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. Houses built [...]

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Residential Cladding | Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourne | A&B Asrem

Latest Cladding Asbestos Removal

The latest asbestos scare has occurred in the above ‘purple house’, with worried occupants of this suburban Melbourne house understandably very concerned about the dangerous nature of asbestos and severe health risks it can cause. Luckily, the qualified asbestos removalist team at A&B Asrem was more than ready to step in to provide asbestos removal Melbourne services by safely and quickly removing and disposing of the asbestos through our latest cladding asbestos removal service. Firstly, this job required a prompt and thorough asbestos [...]

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Residential Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourne South East | Bentleigh

Asbestos Removal Bentleigh

A&B Asrem Pty. Ltd. is one of Melbourne’s top commercial asbestos removal companies and experts in Asbestos Removal in Bentleigh. We are fully licensed to provide asbestos removal Melbourne services to safely remove and dispose of asbestos in almost any residential, commercial or industrial setting across Melbourne’s South and East. We are also able to offer our services during renovations and demolitions.  At A&B Asrem we understand the dangerous nature of asbestos and sever health risks it can cause. Used from the 1940s to 1980s, [...]

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Residential Cladding Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourne | Suburban

Cladding Asbestos Removal – Suburban

In a recent suburban asbestos removal project, our role was to remove affected cladding safely and efficiently. Following the buzz surrounding the Australia-wide cladding audit, we have been quick to support this type of cladding asbestos removal. We’re able to do so even in a residential setting such as this project. Asbestos used to be popular to use in cladding because of its benefits. It was cheap, heat resistant and even fireproof. While it makes sense that these benefits had [...]

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Residential Garage Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourne South East | Brighton

Garage Asbestos Removal Brighton

A&B Asrem Pty. Ltd. got a call for another suburban asbestos removal last week in relation to some garage asbestos in Brighton. The lovely Mr. Walker came to us in a panic when he discovered that the garage on his property had been invaded by asbestos. Understanding how serious of matter asbestos is, we rushed right over. Mr. Walker came across the dangerous substance while he was doing some spring cleaning and preparing for the warm summer to come. Being [...]

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Cladding Audit Australia-Wide

As a follow-up to the Grenfell tower disaster in the UK in 2017, Australian states and territories have been taking up the responsibility of risk mitigation to prevent similar disaster locally by addressing the issue of combustible cladding in buildings. The Victorian Statewide Cladding Audit has been headed up by the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) since its commencement in December 2017, and it has been targeting combustible cladding, such as expanded polystyrene or aluminium composite panels with a polyethylene core. One [...]

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Residential Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourne South

Asbestos Walls South Melbourne

Asbestos Walls in South Melbourne A&B Asrem Pty. Ltd. recently completed the removal of asbestos walls in a South Melbourne school. The bathroom walls in the showers were made of asbestos, which traditionally has not been unusual, but the situation required immediate attention from our professionals because asbestos walls are a risk to health. Although there are a fair few things and places where the presence of asbestos are surprising, during the postwar construction boom between the 1940s-1980s, it was normal in [...]

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Residential Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourne

Surprising Products That Have Contained Asbestos Throughout The Years

Surprising Products Containing Asbestos You are probably already aware many old homes contain asbestos (and that is why our asbestos removal Melbourne professionals work hard at removing asbestos from your home), but it’s also important to keep in mind other items asbestos can been found in. What are some other ways asbestos has been used in the past? Our list of surprising products containing asbestos may shock you! 1. Prop Snow White asbestos is very reminiscent of snow, so it was commonly [...]

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Residential Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourne

Top 5 Asbestos Disasters of All Time

Asbestos is a dangerous material – there is no debating that. Asbestos disasters can occur in a range of ways, from fires to earthquakes, hurricanes and more. With an estimated 107,000 – 112,000 asbestos-related deaths worldwide by 2016, as stated by the World Health Organization and International Labour Organization, this is a serious problem.  We dive deep into the worst asbestos incidents exploring the top 5 asbestos disasters of all time. We also give insight on what to do [...]

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Professional Asbestos Disposal & Removal Services Melbourneccident ABC Footscray

Dangers Of An Asbestos Accident: West Footscray Factory Fire

Professional asbestos inspection and removal could have stopped the West Footscray asbestos accident from happening. Source: ABC A building containing asbestos exploded today in West Footscray, a suburb in West Melbourne. The explosion was followed by blazing fires, sending out huge streaks of toxic smoke into Melbourne’s atmosphere, and potentially releasing asbestos fibres into the air as well. The fumes coming out of the burning building were also said to contain acetone and oxy-acetylene, chemicals used for welding, an industrial [...]

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