Asbestos sample in Jämsä
If you are renovating in Jämsä or elsewhere in Central Finland and need certainty about asbestos, we offer the lowest asbestos sample prices in Finland. Results as soon as the next day.
Jämsä is in an area where we do not carry out surveys on site. A postal asbestos sample is handled through our partner laboratory OneLab — the same analysis (JEOL SEM-EDS, ISO 22262-1), with results emailed on the day the sample arrives.
Take the sample yourself and post it to us. The analysis is done on the day the sample arrives, and the report comes by email. JEOL SEM-EDS analysis to the ISO 22262-1 standard.
Jämsä is a city in Central Finland (~18,700-19,000 residents), with main areas Seppola, Jämsänkoski, Halli-Kuorevesi, Kaipola, Koskenpää, Juokslahti, Jämsänniemi. Paper/industry town (Kaipola mill). Neighboring municipalities include Kuhmoinen and Jyväskylä. Jämsänkoski (2009) and Kuorevesi (2001) were merged in.
Jämsä is a town of about 18,700 residents in Central Finland, close to Lake Päijänne. Settlement is heavily weighted towards the central urban areas of Seppola and Jämsänkoski, where the great majority of townspeople live, but other well-known areas include Kaipola with its paper-industry heritage, Halli-Kuorevesi, Koskenpää, Juokslahti and Jämsänniemi. Nearby municipalities include Kuhmoinen and the regional centre Jyväskylä.
A large share of Jämsä's small houses and blocks of flats was built during the decades of industrial growth from the 1950s to the 1980s, and the town also has building stock from the interwar years and earlier. In buildings completed before 1994, asbestos is a common find: it was used in floor tiles and their adhesives, in pipe and boiler insulation, in wall and ceiling boards, and in fillers and mortars. Before a renovation or a demolition, the asbestos content of the materials should be confirmed.
Because Jämsä lies outside our actual survey area, we serve the region with a mail-in asbestos sample (39,90 € plus VAT). The sample is analysed with a JEOL SEM-EDS electron microscope in accordance with the ISO 22262-1 standard, and a reliable result is delivered to your home in Jämsä.
Jämsä: when to take an asbestos sample
Jämsä is a city in Central Finland (~18,700-19,000 residents), with main areas Seppola, Jämsänkoski, Halli-Kuorevesi, Kaipola, Koskenpää, Juokslahti, Jämsänniemi. Paper/industry town (Kaipola mill). That is why, in local properties completed before 1994, it is worth confirming whether a material contains asbestos before anything is opened up, sanded down or demolished. A mail-in asbestos sample suits the situation where the suspicion falls on one clearly identified material and you want a reliable laboratory result before the renovation goes any further.
Jämsä: which materials to check before renovating
In buildings completed before 1994, asbestos is a common find: it was used in floor tiles and their adhesives, in pipe and boiler insulation, in wall and ceiling boards, and in fillers and mortars. Take the sample from the exact material the renovation touches: an old vinyl floor, the adhesive behind a tile, pipe insulation, a filler, a facade panel or a roofing material. Asbestos cannot be identified reliably by eye, so a laboratory test is the only dependable way to tell an ordinary building material from one that contains asbestos.
Jämsä: asbestos sampling by post
Jämsä lies outside the area we cover with on-site surveys, so we serve the town with a mail-in asbestos sample instead. You take a small material sample following our instructions, post it to the laboratory and receive the result by email. The price is 39,90 € + VAT per sample. The analysis is carried out with a JEOL SEM-EDS electron microscope in accordance with the ISO 22262-1 standard, so you get a clear statement on whether the material examined contains asbestos.
Asbestos survey or asbestos sample — Jämsä
Whenever you are about to start a renovation, check for asbestos first. An asbestos sample costs 39,90 € + VAT, and it is always analysed on the day it reaches us.
Bathroom renovation
In a bathroom, both the wall and the floor material should be checked before the work begins. Take the asbestos sample yourself or order a full asbestos survey.
Kitchen renovation
In a kitchen renovation it is important to check the splashback tiles, and possibly the floor, for asbestos. Take the asbestos sample yourself or order a full asbestos survey.
Does an asbestos survey qualify for the household expenses tax credit?
An asbestos survey does not qualify for the household expenses tax credit.
What happens if you skip the asbestos survey?
If you tear out materials without having them tested and it later turns out that they contained asbestos, you can be held responsible for cleaning up all the asbestos that spread. On top of that, it is a health hazard the person doing the demolition is exposed to.
Doing the asbestos survey yourself
You can do the survey yourself in a simple bathroom, kitchen or floor renovation, provided you know which materials the asbestos sample should be taken from.
What does asbestos smell like?
Asbestos has no smell at all. It cannot be detected by odour.
What we look for in Jämsä
Asbestos cannot be identified by eye — only a laboratory analysis gives certainty. The most common asbestos-containing building materials and how to have them tested before a renovation:
Order an asbestos sample — Jämsä
Take the sample yourself and post it to us. Results come back fast.
Order from OneLab — 39,90 €