Jet Washing Asbestos Roofs

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Jet washing asbestos roofs. I clean commercial roofs including but not limited to. Farbuild coatings can now offer asbestos roof cleaning with our new high pressure jet washing system. Specialist asbestos roof cleaning. The closed box pressure washing system is essentially an industrial sized patio cleaner with a spinning jet of water delivered from a high powered pressure washer.

There are several government recommended softwashing processes and we follow all them as required. If you would like further information or assistance on this subject please call one of our building surveyors on 0121 709 5352. I used to fit those roofs in the late 1950 s and cut the sheets with power saws no mask no gloves just did the job. The cleaning head is lowered down the roof sheets from the ridge and a swirling pressurised jet of water cleans the roof surface as it goes.

Your mate at the pub is winding you up. In fact uk the government warn against it as an unpredictable high pressure jet can cause risky contamination. Cleaning an asbestos roof can be dangerous if not done properly. Because of the amount of water used it is likely that an already leaking roof will leak even more during cleaning and that gutters will be overwhelmed.

All waste water from asbestos roof cleaning exercises must be filtered in order to prevent asbestos fibres being released into the water system. We often clean the roof from the ground using extendable water. High pressure washing is not recommended for cleaning asbestos roofs. This short film will show you how to avoid damaging or disturbing asbestos on your roof to k.

I am now turned 70 and barely a cough. Asbestos and cement sheets and also apply a protective waterproof coating. The system is connected to an enclosed trolley which contains specially designed angled nozzles and brushes to suit corrugated profile roofs. Asbestos cement corrugated roof sheets are not the very harmful asbestos.

Forget roof cleaning by jet washing try this method instead. This site contains the biggest load of nonsense i have ever read.