Asbestos Removal

INS Contracts are one of the premier contractors offering Asbestos Removal, Project Management and Demolition services in the UK.

We are able to offer a comprehensive, high quality professional package from project start to completion. Our services cover Domestic and Commercial contracts and we are able to offer the same high quality service to all of our clients regardless of the size of the job.

We pride ourselves on the skill of our operatives and the ability of our team to provide a concise and safety – lead approach to working in this demanding industry.

What is Asbestos?
Asbestos was called "the magic mineral" because its unique chemical composition and physical properties made it suitable for use in thousands of products from floor tiles to road signs, from sewage pipes to insulating mattresses. Asbestos fibres can withstand the fiercest heat but are so soft and flexible that they can be spun and woven as easily as cotton. The term asbestos is derived from a Greek word meaning "inextinguishable, unquenchable or inconsumable." It is a generic name for a group of fibrous silicate minerals, the most common of which are detailed below.

Chrysotile: Also known as white asbestos chrysotile is a member of the Serpentine group, so-named because the fibre is curly. Chrysotile fibres are the most flexible of all asbestos fibres and their resistance to alkaline attack makes chrysotile a useful reinforcing material in asbestos-cement building products. Chrysotile and has traditionally been the most widely used of all asbestos types, accounting for approximately 95% of asbestos mined annually. The import and use of chrysotile was banned in the UK in 1999.

Crocidolite: Crocidolite is known colloquially as "blue" asbestos and is a member of the Amphibole group. The needle-like fibres are the strongest of all asbestos fibres and have a high resistance to acids. The high bulk volume of crocidolite makes it suitable for use in sprayed insulation. Crocidolite is known to be the most lethal of all the asbestos types. Its import into the UK was banned in 1985.

Amosite: Amosite is also known as brown asbestos and is, like crocidolite, a member of the Amphibole group. Its harsh, spiky fibres have good tensile strength and resistance to heat. Amosite has been principally used in the UK in the manufacture of insulation boards. The import of amosite into the UK was banned in 1985.

Is Asbestos Still a Problem?
Despite the fact that there has been some regulation on the use of asbestos in Britain since 1931, the death toll from asbestos-related diseases has been appalling. Widely divergent predictions have been made for the number of asbestos-related deaths in Britain over the next thirty years, the most conservative of which forecasts a total of 90,000; another claims that a figure of 500,000 will be reached. Even after a British ban on all types of asbestos was passed in 1999, problems arising from wide-scale asbestos use have not been resolved.

Victims in Britain and elsewhere live with the reality which many in the international asbestos industry have sought to deny. The policy of "controlled use" as preached by industry is a fallacy. During the 1990s, the number of younger men dying from one type of asbestos-related cancer more than doubled.

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