LEV Testing · Droylsden
Droylsden's joineries, motor garages and light-industrial units raise wood dust, weld fume and vehicle-servicing fume the law says must be controlled. We examine and test local exhaust ventilation to HSG258 and certify it.
Droylsden's cotton mills and chemical works gave way to smaller trades - the cabinet-makers and joiners on the back streets, the motor and tyre garages off the main roads and the light-industrial units towards Audenshaw. Their saws and sanders, welding and vehicle-repair bays each raise something a local exhaust system has to draw off at source.
LEV works hard and quietly loses its edge - filters load, ducts fur, a fan tires - until a hood stops holding the exposure. We carry out thorough examination and testing to HSG258 across Droylsden: measured capture and face velocities at the working points, a judgement against how the system was meant to perform, and a label carrying a next-due date you can trust.
CNC and manual machining raises oil mist and metal dust at the enclosure and bench that has to be captured at source.
Flour, powders and steam need capture at the mixing and process points, from bakeries to production kitchens.
Saws, sanders and routers throw fine wood dust that has to be drawn off at the tool and the bench.
Weld fume and grinding dust need capture at the arm and booth, wherever steel is fabricated.
Bodyshop spray booths and prep bays carry paint mist and solvent vapour that the extraction has to hold and clear.
Fume cupboards, safety cabinets and dental and salon extraction all count as LEV and all fall due on the same clock.
Real jobs, described by sector and area - never by a client's name.
In a Droylsden joinery, the dust extraction serving the saws and sanders needed its thorough examination. We measured capture at each machine and the transport velocity through the ducting, found one branch starved, set the fix, and re-tested before certifying.
A garage towards Audenshaw needed its weld-fume and vehicle-exhaust extraction testing. We measured capture at the arm and bay, checked the airflow, and labelled the plant with the readings and next-due date.
Condition of hoods, ducting, filters and fan - the damage, blockage and wear that quietly drops performance.
Measured capture and face velocities at the working points, plus transport velocity and static pressure through the system.
The readings assessed against how the LEV should perform to actually control the exposure - not just whether the fan turns.
Where the process warrants it, sampling to confirm the control is keeping the substance out of the breathing zone.
A thorough examination and test under COSHH is a real assessment, not a rubber stamp. It is a structured examination of the system's condition, measurement of its actual performance, and an assessment of those readings against how the system should perform to control the exposure. It follows the HSE's guidance, HSG258, and ends in a report and a label.
We test to the HSE's guidance, HSG258, and the job ends in a report and a label on the plant: what was measured, what passed, what needs putting right, and the date the next test falls due.
We inspect the system's condition - hoods, ducting, filter and fan - and identify how it is meant to control each process.
We take the readings: capture and face velocities, duct transport velocity and static pressure at the key points.
We assess the readings against the benchmark and set out clearly whether the system is controlling the exposure.
The system is labelled with the test result and next-due date, and you get the report for your COSHH file.
At least every 14 months for most systems, sooner for higher-risk work such as welding. We match the interval to the process and label the next-due date on the plant.
The condition of hoods, ducts, filters and fan, and measured capture, face, transport and static-pressure readings - all weighed against how the LEV should perform to control the exposure.
We set out what failed and why, usually a single reading, so it can be corrected, then re-test to confirm control before certifying.
Yes - the joinery, garage and light-industrial units across Droylsden and Audenshaw, and the wider Greater Manchester.
No - wood dust, weld and vehicle fume, machining mist, fume cupboards and salon and dental extraction all fall under the same duty.
Droylsden's joineries and garages carry the town's dust, weld and vehicle fume, drawn off wherever a saw runs, a weld strikes or a bay is worked. We test to HSG258 so those workshops can prove their extraction holds what their people would otherwise breathe.
We have carried out LEV thorough examination and testing to HSG258 since 2001, across Greater Manchester and the UK. From a machine shop to a joinery, a spray booth or a lab fume cupboard, the job ends the same way: measured readings, a clear verdict, and a label whose next-due date you can rely on.
Tell us what you run and we will examine, measure, report and label it to HSG258 - across Greater Manchester.
