Safety and compliance

It changes when the facts change.

Roofs and gutters

Roofs are soft washed and gutters cleared by hand and flushed. Walls, render, cladding and soffits are washed from the ground.

Asbestos cement

The corrugated sheeting everyone calls Super Six is asbestos cement, so are fibro eaves and gable infill, and a roof is exactly where you meet them. We identify it on the walk-around. Our own rule goes further than the code does: anything identified or suspected anywhere in the scope, sound sheet or weathered, is left as found and documented for you in writing.

Drains and products

Loose material swept and bagged, stormwater grates inside the wash zone covered or dammed, biodegradable products at working dilution. Garden beds and lawn along the run-off line are soaked with clean water first and rinsed again after.

Wash water

Stormwater grates in the wash zone are covered or dammed, solids are swept and bagged first, and the products are biodegradable.

Wet surfaces

Signage and cones go out before the hose and stay out until the area is safe to walk, and a wet stairwell gets a physical barrier. Hoses and leads stay out of doorways and off the pedestrian line.

Every job photographed

Before, during and after from the same angles, plus a separate set of anything already cracked, drummy, rusted, lifting or previously wand-striped, pointed out on the day. From the roof that means slipped or cracked tiles, failed pointing and rusted valleys, photographed for you to hand to a roofer. The lot goes out with the invoice on every visit.

Documents on request

Scope written area by area, a safe work method statement written for your site, safety data sheets for every product, and the photo set. Emailed to you, the committee or the building manager. We ask for your asbestos register, if the building has one, before the scope is written.

Cleaning

We clean. Roofs are soft washed with the coating and pointing protected, the growth killed, the gutters cleared and the downpipes flushed.

The law

High-pressure water on asbestos cement is prohibited under Queensland’s asbestos code of practice, and wash water carrying detergents, oils or paint flakes reaching stormwater can be an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1994. On common property that exposure is yours as much as ours.

How records are handled