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Asbestos survey Helsinki
Most of Helsinki's building stock was completed before 1994, the year asbestos was banned in construction materials. In the 1930s-60s apartment buildings of Kallio, Töölö and Lauttasaari, asbestos turns up in pipe insulation, tile adhesives and fillers, while in the 1960s-80s suburbs of Herttoniemi, Kontula and Malminkartano the typical finds are vinyl flooring, tile adhesives and Minerit fibre-cement facade panels. In plumbing and pipework renovations an asbestos survey is mandatory before demolition work begins - housing companies and contractors typically have the material samples analysed in our laboratory as early as the project planning stage. You can take the sample yourself and send it by post, or, in the capital region, order a surveyor to the site.
This is how it works
Asbestos analysis from Helsinki - three steps
Order an analysis
Order an asbestos analysis from the online store. Pay online, or by invoice if you are a business customer.
Take a sample and post it
Take a sample of the material according to the instructions and post it from Helsinki. You receive the instructions when you order.
You get the results
We analyse the sample with a JEOL SEM-EDS electron microscope and send the results to your email on the day of arrival.
Why Onelab
A reliable laboratory throughout Finland
Asbestos survey in Helsinki at a fixed price
In the Helsinki metropolitan area a surveyor comes to the site: AsbestiPro carries out the asbestos survey in Helsinki from 119 €. The surveyor goes through the structures due for demolition, takes samples of every suspect material and produces a report that satisfies both the contractor and the authorities. In pipe renovations and housing company demolition projects this is in practice the only adequate option, because hidden structures cannot be identified from a single sample.
When a single material sample is enough
If the renovation concerns one known material - the tile adhesive in an apartment in Kallio or Töölö, the vinyl flooring in a kitchen in Lauttasaari - a single asbestos sample for 39,90 € is often enough. You take the piece yourself and post it to our laboratory in Espoo. From Helsinki the letter arrives the next business day. On a larger project it pays to order a survey, so that the hidden structures in the 1960s-1980s suburban blocks of Herttoniemi and Kontula are covered as well.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions - Helsinki
Order an asbestos analysis from Helsinki
Fast, affordable and reliable asbestos analysis. Samples by post from all over Finland.