Respirators

[Vladimir3000]

Hi folks,

What respirator do you use?

Does P3 protection include asbestos?

Whats the safest/best/easiest to get spares for in your opinion?

Thanks

 

[M107]

Yes a P3 is fine for asbestos

 

[M107]

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/em6.pdf

 

[eeb1933]

hi

i use the drager ffp3 dust masks but i'm thinking of investing in one of there full face respirators when going into lofts. if the house has artex i won't even touch it and tell the customer as most artex contain a % of white asbestos but all asbestos is bad. i've known people to die from the stuff years after retiring awful way.

does plaster on walls and plasterboard on old houses contain any of the stuff and lath and plaster? i've got some rewires coming up.

 

[Andy™]

iirc, lath & plaster doesnt contain any asbestos. not all artex does either, but without a test, you wont know for sure. P3 is OK for asbestos

 

[Cirrus]

I use a P3 resp as it offers best protection from asbestos. Any house pre-1984 may contain asbestos in the artex but as the level is below 5% then it is considered safe and non licenseable. Same with certain old floor tiles. Funnily enough, am on another annual asbestos course tomorrow. My advice, be careful, know your stuff and you will be fine but don't go overboard as customers will scare easily when there is no need. BTW, I have lost close friends to it but this is from massive exposure to it when they used to throw asbestos snowballs at each other in the factories!

 

[M107]

Mate of mine is a retired chippy & old navy dog, when told by the quack to pack up smoking he laughed & recounted how they used to spray asbestos lagging on all the pipe work in the navy tubs, the matlows then scraped it clean for inspections. Then as a chippy he used to cut it with a handsaw when used as boxing or on soffits.

Poor bloke knows hes on a time bomb.

 

[Evans Electric]

Not sure what its called but I use the one with two round filters on the side and breathe out through a non-return flap in front. I use this in lofts with lagging, which I hate with a vengance. Also glasses don't steam up as with paper masks.

Replaced filters couple of weeks back, as I was struggling to get air through them, they were absolutley black with dust and fibreglass.

And I do very little house bashing TBH.

 

[Andy™]

i have something similar to this. had it over a year, and its still on original filters (gets very little use, but much better than disposable type)

 

[bulmer]

I've found these to be very good

http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/shop/british-militaria/military-collectables/gas-mask-british-ww2-complete-420820.html

Only trouble is the poor visability, but you get used to it.ROTFWLROTFWLROTFWL

 

[Dane]

sorted!!!

 

[Apache]

sorted!!!

Dane, that would go with you nice new Festool drill

 

[Dane]

Dane, that would go with you nice new Festool drill

hahahaha

bosch purchased

 

[Apache]

hahahahabosch purchased

with the impact wrench? Make sure you review it!

 

[bulmer]

hahahahabosch purchased

Which model did you buy?

 

[Dane]

Which model did you buy?

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