Fully licensed to remove asbestos
As a Class A asbestos removal license holder, Civil Fire can remove and dispose of asbestos safely and legally. Although they may look like other doors, asbestos doors pose a health risk when the internal core is exposed, or the door is damaged or friable (crumbling).
By law, asbestos doors cannot be repaired due to the risk of releasing asbestos fibres into the air. Therefore, defective asbestos doors must be replaced.
Measuring the door and frame
The size of fire doors varies, therefore each door and frame needs to be individually measured before replacement.
Notifying SafeWork NSW
SafeWork NSW must be notified five days before any asbestos removal work commences.
Air Monitoring
Air monitoring is mandatory for all friable asbestos removal. This involves sampling the air for airborne asbestos fibres and must be conducted by an independent licensed asbestos assessor.
Clearance Inspection
Once the asbestos has been removed from the site, the air monitors undergo laboratory analysis. Providing the asbestos-fibre count is at a safe level, a Clearance Certificate will be issued by the independent monitoring company stating the area is safe to inhabit.
Removal & Disposal of Asbestos
Controls are implemented to eliminate and guard against the risks of asbestos. Civil Fire’s Safe Work Method for this work has been reviewed and approved by SafeWork NSW. It is not uncommon for SafeWork NSW to make an unannounced site visit to ensure all controls are in place.
Removal & Disposal of Asbestos
Doors to be replaced include supply and installation of all new hardware. Painting can be arranged through our partnership with 3colours.
I don’t think we’ve had contractors come through before who were so clean and tidy, helpful and responsive with ideas about how to better maintain the heritage and be compliant and generally respectful of the property.
He was so thoughtful, he stopped the really noisy part of the repair so I could answer calls. I went out at lunch, and he was on his hands and knees washing the floor in the entry because he’d brought in some debris from the street.
