Control Guidance Sheet.
Drilling and boring through textured coatings
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This sheet describes good practice when you need to drill through textured coating.
- You must read sheet a0 Introduction to asbestos essentials
Also read the following sheets:
- em0 Risk assessments and plans of work
- em1 What to do if you discover or accidentally disturb asbestos during your work e
- m2 Information, instruction and training
- em4 Using a Class H vacuum cleaner for asbestos
- em6 Personal protective equipment (including RPE)
- em7 Using damp rags to clean surfaces of minor asbestos contamination
- em8 Personal decontamination em9 Disposal of asbestos waste
Preparing/Equipment
- Remove furniture and fittings from the area, or protect them from contamination using 500-gauge polythene sheet.
- Protect nearby surfaces from contamination. Cover with 500-gauge polythene sheeting and fix with duct tape to non-asbestos surfaces.
- For cable and pipework, make the hole slightly bigger than required.
Cleaning and maintenance
- Clean the area and equipment with the Class H vacuum cleaner (if available) and/or damp rags.
- Put debris, used rags, paint brush, polythene sheeting and other waste in the asbestos waste bag and tape it closed.
- Put the asbestos waste bag in a clear polythene bag and tape it closed.
- Disposal – see sheet em9 (should we allow for links).
- Visually inspect the area to make sure that it has been cleaned properly.
- Clearance air sampling is not normally required.
- Get the premises owner, dutyholder or client to check off the job.
Additional guidance
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