Asbestos Removal in Cobham (KT11)

Cobham sits in Elmbridge on the River Mole, a prosperous Surrey town of large detached and period homes, with Painshill Park and the grade II listed Cobham Mill among its landmarks. Much of that older and larger housing stock came with substantial garages and outbuildings, and in Cobham those are where asbestos most often turns up: concrete asbestos panel garages, corrugated cement garage and shed roofs, and the Artex and floor tiles common in homes from the 1960s and 1970s.

Clearaway Asbestos is a licensed asbestos removal contractor (Licence No. 142305706) based in Long Ditton, a short run from Cobham, and we work throughout Cobham, Stoke D'Abernon and Oxshott. We survey, test and remove asbestos from homes and commercial premises, and every job is carried out to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 with full public liability insurance and a waste consignment note on completion.

The Health and Safety Executive reports that asbestos remains the greatest cause of work-related deaths in Great Britain, with around 5,000 asbestos-related deaths a year, and that any building built or refurbished before the year 2000 can contain it, which covers most of Cobham's older housing. That is why a panel garage or an intact asbestos roof is best left alone and removed properly, not broken up. If you have found a material you are worried about in Cobham, do not disturb it, and call us on 0800 024 6168.

Cobham is weighted towards large detached and period homes on generous plots, so substantial garages and outbuildings, and the asbestos that comes with them, are a far more common job here than in a town of small terraces. Parts of Cobham fall within Elmbridge Borough Council conservation areas, which can affect how outbuildings and roofs are altered or replaced, so it helps to use a contractor who works locally and knows the constraints. And with a steady flow of renovation, extension and probate sales across the town, asbestos is often found mid-project, when work is already underway and time matters.

If you are buying, selling, renovating or clearing a property in Cobham, a survey before work starts saves the disruption of finding asbestos halfway through, and gives you a clear record to hand to a buyer, a builder or a managing agent.