Dust and the Indoor Environment

All buildings - unless sealed and sterile - have dust in them. Dust can and often is a health concern, and particularly acrid dust can be extremely dangerous if inhaled regularly. Heavy dust can cause severe asthma attacks and even respiratory failure - and dust laden with mould spores or even lead or asbestos can be deadly. Dust is a serious health risk to the young, the elderly and those with respiratory illnesses.

Our dust monitors (pictured on right) take samples of the air in the dwelling and can report on the amount of dust particles in the atmosphere and can also allow us to determine what those dust particles are. Once we know the amount of dust in the air, we can set about both determining how and where it enters the property and can remove the dust from the air with our air scrubbers
We can eliminate or confirm the presence of two potentially lethal elements - lead and asbestos.

1. Measure - we measure the amount of dust in the air using our hand held real time dust monitors.
2. Test - After taking a sample of the dust in the indoor atmosphere, we test the samples to determine the presence of lead and asbestos.
3. Repair - Having established the presence of excessive dust levels we can assist in determining where the dust is most likely to be entering the dwelling and then repair the entry points.
4. Clean - Using our air scrubbers (right) we can cleanse the indoor atmsphere and remove the excess dust.

Lead - Identifying lead in the dust in the indoor environment is critical as lead poisoning is a real threat to inhabitants. Our testing of the dust samples can quickly identify any lead tracings and our air scrubbers will quickly eiminate the lead dust from the air.

Asbestos - A known killer from even a single exposure to the airborne particles of asbestos, asbestos is most often located in roof cavities. Our samples of the dust found in the roof cavity can identify asbestos and Enviromaster has the necessary equipment to remove the dust.