Asbestos sample in Janakkala
If you are renovating in Janakkala or elsewhere in Häme and need certainty about asbestos, we offer the lowest asbestos sample prices in Finland. Results as soon as the next day.
Janakkala 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.
Janakkala is home to around 15,900 people in Häme, along Highway 3 and the main railway line, south of Hämeenlinna and north of Riihimäki. The municipality has two main population centres: Turenki, the administrative centre with some 7,500 inhabitants, and Tervakoski, known for its paper mill. Beyond these, the municipality has more than a dozen living villages, among them Tarinmaa with its medieval St Lawrence's Church, as well as Kiipula and Leppäkoski. Its neighbouring municipalities are Hämeenlinna, Riihimäki, Hausjärvi and Loppi.
A large share of Janakkala's building stock was put up between the 1920s and the 1990s, the decades when the paper industry and the railway made Turenki and Tervakoski grow. In houses completed before 1994, asbestos is a very common find: it was used in floor tiles and the adhesives beneath them, in pipe insulation, in wall and ceiling boards, and in levelling compounds and tile and masonry mortars. When renovating or demolishing, the dust can be hazardous to health, so it is worth confirming the asbestos content of the material before the work begins.
Because Janakkala lies outside our actual survey area, we serve the municipality with a mail-in asbestos sample. You take a small piece of the material, send it to us, and we analyse the sample with a JEOL SEM-EDS electron microscope in accordance with the ISO 22262-1 standard. The price is 39,90 € plus VAT, and you get a clear result on whether the material contains asbestos.
Janakkala: when to take an asbestos sample
Janakkala is home to around 15,900 people in Häme, along Highway 3 and the main railway line, south of Hämeenlinna and north of Riihimäki. The municipality has two main population centres: Turenki, the administrative centre with some 7,500 inhabitants, and Tervakoski, known for its paper 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.
Janakkala: which materials to check before renovating
In houses completed before 1994, asbestos is a very common find: it was used in floor tiles and the adhesives beneath them, in pipe insulation, in wall and ceiling boards, and in levelling compounds and tile and masonry 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.
Janakkala: asbestos sampling by post
Janakkala 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 — Janakkala
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 Janakkala
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 — Janakkala
Take the sample yourself and post it to us. Results come back fast.
Order from OneLab — 39,90 €