Simply place a one inch by one inch piece of the building material you wish to test for example ceiling tile floor tile roofing etc.
Test for asbestos siding.
Don all of your protective gear.
Testing your siding for asbestos.
Asbestos123 has helped over 2 million visitors educate themselves about the dangers of asbestos exposure by providing safety guidelines.
Asbestos testing the first step in any situation where you fear you may have asbestos in your home or business is to have a sample tested by a professional lab.
Second you mail the findings to a laboratory and after a few days the results are sent back to you.
No testing needed diy asbestos removal.
If appropriate safety precautions are taken self removal of asbestos by a homeowner is permitted.
First after purchasing a low cost kit at a home improvement center or online you obtain suspected asbestos from an area of your home.
Pre paid postage envelope was included in the kit.
Do not attempt to clean any item or area you intend to.
Do not in any way disturb the area you area testing.
Generally asbestos testing kits work in a two step process.
You can simply head over to amazon and find a test and it will have instructions on how to use it and which lab will be testing what you re sending them.
If your siding fits either of these descriptions you should consider having it tested.
The only way to be sure whether your siding contains asbestos is to have it tested.
Many manufacturers made their products to look like asbestos free products so it is not really possible to determine if your siding contains asbestos just by looks.
Testing for asbestos with a testing kit the easiest way to figure out if your given building products contain asbestos or not is to have a lab test done.
You can easily send a sample to a lab is you suspect that it may contain asbestos.
Outfit yourself in disposable protective gear.
There s no way to tell from simply looking at any material if it contains asbestos or not even if it was manufactured prior to 1989 when the epa officially banned the use of asbestos.
Face mask gloves coveralls.
The asbestos network recommends bringing in a professional to collect samples.