Asbestos removal

Asbestos removal and collection covers cement roofing and cladding, Artex and other textured coatings, floor tiles, gutters, old cold water tanks and pipe lagging. Send a photo, or let us come and look, and we will tell you plainly what it is and what needs doing. If it needs somebody with a licence, we will tell you that too, and what to look for when choosing one.

Over 12 years in asbestos removal
Qualified & insured
HSE Compliant
Most jobs completed within a day

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What we handle

Note

Cement, coatings, tiles and the more delicate materials too

Most of what we are asked about is asbestos cement, textured coating or floor tile, straightforward jobs our own team carries out. Sprayed coatings, pipe and boiler lagging and insulating board are more delicate. Either way, tell us what you have found, by photo or by having us come and look, and we will tell you plainly what it is.

If it turns out to need somebody with a licence, we will tell you that too, and what to look for when you are choosing one. See pipe and boiler lagging for more on that material specifically.

Worth knowing

Soffits, and anything in a loft

Cement sheet and insulating board can look identical in a soffit or a loft space, so we will come and look before we put a price on either. That is still a captured enquiry, it just is not a same-call quote. See asbestos soffit removal for what that visit actually involves.

What actually happens, start to finish

01

You tell us what you have

A photo and a postcode is usually enough for us to say roughly what kind of job it is. If you genuinely do not know what the material is, that is a normal starting point, not a problem.
02

We look before we quote

Photos tell us the material and rough scale. Some jobs, particularly a soffit or anything in a loft, need eyes on it before we will put a figure to it at all.
03

Removal or collection, matched to the job

Whole materials come off carefully, using methods suited to what they are, without breaking them up. Already down and stacked is a different, cheaper job: that is a collection, not a removal.
04

Wrapped and labelled before anything moves

Double-wrapped on site, before it is carried anywhere, so nothing sheds on the way to the van.
05

Paperwork follows the waste

The material goes to a facility permitted to take it, and the consignment note that proves where it went follows by email. Asbestos waste is carved out of the normal household hazardous-waste exemption, so this paperwork exists whether the job is large or small.

Remove it, seal it, or leave it alone

Leave it where it is

Bound material in good condition that nobody is drilling, sanding or breaking is not an emergency. Doing nothing is often the right call, and we will tell you that on the phone rather than talk you into a job that does not need doing.

Seal it instead

A surface that is weathered or tired but still whole can often be sealed rather than removed. Cheaper and quicker than removal, and it puts the decision off rather than forcing it today.

Take it off

Worth doing when the material is cracked or shedding, when you are renovating or selling, or when it has to come out before other work can start. The page for your material, below, covers what that actually involves.

Not sure which

That is a first-class answer here, not a weak one. Call, or send a photo through the contact page, and we will tell you which of the three you are actually looking at.

What a job of this shape involves

These describe how jobs of this shape usually run. They are not write-ups of any one customer's job.

One material, in one place

Material: Whatever you send a photo of: cement, coating, tile, or something else
Where it sits: One roof, one ceiling, one floor, or one item such as a tank or a flue
On site: A single visit for most jobs of this shape
What moves it: The material itself, its condition, and how easily we can reach it
What you are left with: The area cleared and the consignment note for the load

Most enquiries turn out to be one material in one place, a roof, a ceiling, a floor, or a single item like a tank or a flue. Once we know which material it is, the job follows the pattern that material's own page describes, and a single visit usually covers it.

What decides how straightforward it is has less to do with which material it is than with its condition and how we reach it. A material handled carefully is a different job from one that is already broken, whichever it turns out to be.

More than one material, or you are not sure yet

Material: Two or more different materials in the same job, or one you cannot identify
Where it sits: Often turns up during a wider renovation or a full clearance
On site: Usually more than one visit, sometimes with more than one specialist involved
What moves it: How many materials there are, whether each is straightforward or needs a specialist, how they were found
What you are left with: Each material accounted for separately, and paperwork covering the whole job

A job with more than one material in it, a garage roof and a water tank, or a floor tile job that turns up a bagged offcut of something else, is common rather than unusual. Each material is dealt with on its own terms rather than folded into one estimate that hides what actually happened to which part.

Not knowing what you have found at all is a normal starting point too, not a weak one. A photograph is usually enough for us to say what you are looking at, and if it turns out to be more than one thing, we tell you that rather than guess.

The right page for what you have

Each material is priced and handled differently, so pick the one that matches what you have found. Already got it down and stacked? Collection is the cheaper option below.

None of those quite match what you have, or you are still not sure? Send a photo and we will tell you which one it actually is.

What decides how a job goes, and what it costs

Every job on this site is priced individually rather than off a rate card, because the same material can be a straightforward job in one house and an awkward one two doors down. These are the things that actually decide it.

What the material is, and whether it is straightforward or needs somebody with a licence.
Its condition. Intact material handled carefully is a different job from material that is already cracked, crumbling or in pieces.
Whether it is already down. A collection of material you have already removed and stacked costs less than us taking it out.
How much there is, and how we reach it. Ground-floor access beside a van is cheaper than the end of a garden through a narrow gate.
Whether the location turns out to be a soffit or a loft, where we look before we price rather than guess.

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What people ask us

Can I get asbestos removed for free?

Essex County Council lets residents request a collection of asbestos from their own household, booked through its site. Essex describes it as a subsidised collection available every financial year, so it is reduced rather than free, and it does not publish the figure. Ask the council directly. Thurrock Council does not offer an equivalent scheme and asks residents to find and pay a private site instead. Our own work is not free, and we will tell you that plainly rather than let a quote arrive as a surprise. Sources: Love Essex, asbestos awareness and Love Essex, how to dispose of hazardous waste (the subsidised collection, every financial year) and Thurrock Council, asbestos, both checked 13 Sep 2026.

Is it worth it to remove asbestos?

Depends what it is and what state it is in. Bound material in good condition that nobody is disturbing is often safer left alone than taken out. It becomes worth doing when the material is damaged, when you are renovating or extending, or when you are selling and want it settled before a buyer's survey raises it.

Is it a legal requirement to have an asbestos report?

For non-domestic premises and the shared parts of blocks of flats, the person responsible for maintaining the building has a legal duty to know what asbestos is there and manage it. That duty does not apply inside a single private home. If you need one, ask us and we will tell you what a survey needs to cover and what to look for when you are choosing who carries it out. See Surveys & testing.

Do you legally have to declare asbestos when selling a house?

We are not solicitors, so we will not give you a firm answer on conveyancing law. What we can say from experience is that a buyer's surveyor commonly flags asbestos cement where it exists, and some buyers use it to negotiate, which is why people often deal with it before marketing rather than during a sale.

Does asbestos devalue a house?

It can affect how a buyer or their surveyor sees the property, particularly if it is damaged or in a prominent place, but whether it changes a sale price depends on the buyer, the lender and what else the survey finds. Bound material in good condition is a much smaller factor than damaged material.

Send us what you have found

A photo, a postcode and a phone number is enough to get things moving. If you would rather talk it through first, call and you will get someone who has dealt with this before.