Asbestos Clearance in Reigate
Licensed asbestos clearance for homes, garages and outbuildings across Reigate, from Bell Street and the High Street up towards Reigate Hill and out to Woodhatch and South Park. Free site visit, fixed written quote, and a clean clearance with the paperwork to prove it was done safely.
A Market Town Below the North Downs
Reigate sits at the foot of the North Downs, an old market town with a castle mound, a network of caves under the centre, and housing that records every stage of its growth. Period terraces and townhouses line the area around Bell Street and the High Street, larger Victorian villas climb towards Reigate Hill and the Wray Park side, and the interwar and postwar decades filled out Woodhatch, South Park and the roads towards Redhill. Nearly all of it predates 2000, and that is the plain reason asbestos clearance in Reigate is a regular fixture in our diary.
Until the UK ban came in 1999, asbestos was a routine building material, so any home built before then can hold it. In Reigate the material follows the housing closely. Corrugated cement garage and shed roofs are the most frequent find, then textured artex on walls and ceilings in the pre-1990s houses, old vinyl floor tiles and the bitumen beneath them, cement soffits and gutters on the 1930s semis, and pipe lagging in the older Victorian properties. While it stays intact and undisturbed, most of it is low risk. The trouble starts with weathering, age and renovation work that breaks the material open.
The Reason It Has To Be Handled Properly
Asbestos cement is only dangerous once it is disturbed. Cut it, drill it, or break a brittle old sheet, and it gives off fibres you cannot see or smell. Once breathed in they settle in the lungs and can cause asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, typically 20 to 40 years after the exposure. That long fuse is why the work sits under HSE regulation and why a contaminated roof is never a do-it-yourself job.
Asbestos cannot be identified by eye, not even by people who handle it every week. Two artex ceilings that look identical can return opposite lab results, so anything we suspect is sampled and sent to a UKAS-accredited laboratory before any removal begins. We take the samples safely, get results back within a few working days, and only proceed once we know the exact material and its condition. Testing first is what keeps everyone in the building safe.
Garage and Outbuilding Roofs in the RH2 Postcode
The job we are called to most across Reigate is a garage or shed roof, a corrugated cement sheet put up between the 1950s and the 1980s and weathered by decades of rain rolling off the Downs. We take those sheets down whole wherever they are still sound, double-wrap them, and take them directly to a licensed disposal site. Keeping every sheet in one piece holds the fibres in and keeps the work clean, and most clearances of this type are done without a skip, leaving the drive and road clear from start to finish. Most domestic jobs are completed within one day.
Once the asbestos has gone we make sure the area is clear before fitting anything new. If you want the garage usable again we put on a replacement roof to suit the building: galvanised steel box-profile, three-layer torch-on felt, a flat or tiled roof, or asbestos-free fibre cement that looks like the original without the hazard. Boxing out the old material is an option where removal is not wanted, though clearing it outright is usually the cleaner answer over time.
Artex, Tiles, Surveys and Full Strip-Outs
A lot of Reigate asbestos sits indoors rather than over the garage. If you plan to sand or drill artex, or lift old tiles during a refit, have the material tested before you touch it. Where it needs removing we seal the room off, run commercial-grade air filtration, and test the air afterwards so nothing is left for the household to breathe in.
We provide both standard surveys too. A management survey locates and assesses asbestos in a home that is staying occupied, while a refurbishment and demolition survey is the more intrusive inspection needed before building work or a knock-through, and both come with a written report you can give straight to a builder, a solicitor or a buyer. Licensed materials such as pipe lagging are handled to the highest standard: we serve the HSE the 14 days of notice the law requires, work under full enclosure with air monitoring throughout, and finish with independent four-stage clearance testing before the area is signed off.
We hold Spectra licence number 142305706, we have spent more than seven years working across Surrey, Sussex and south-west London, and every job ends with the waste consignment notes and certificates that prove it was carried out legally. To get a clearance in Reigate moving, call 0800 024 6168 and we will arrange a free site visit and a fixed written quote.
Asbestos Roof Removal and Framework Strip, Claygate
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View this project"Clearaway Asbestos did a brilliant job coming out to survey our old garage roof for asbestos. They were professional and we were impressed with the job they did replacing the garage roof"
Our Removal Process
From first call to final certificate, every job follows the same clear four-step process.
Survey
We inspect the property and confirm the material. Sampling available if required.
Quote
Fixed written price covering removal, disposal and any replacement work.
Removal
Material is removed safely, double-wrapped and taken to a licensed disposal facility.
Certificate
You receive a waste consignment note and disposal certificate confirming legal handling.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Choose Clearaway
Specialist Crew
Asbestos work is all we do, every day, across the South East.
Fully Licensed
Licensed asbestos removal contractor (Licence No. 142305706). Full public liability insurance on every job.
Local & Fast
Surrey-based. Most domestic jobs are booked in and finished within a week.
Our Own Team
We never subcontract. The people who quote your job are the people who do it.
Get in Touch
Send a few details about your project and we will come back the same working day with a fixed price. We cover Surrey, London and the South East, including Esher, Cobham, Kingston, Richmond, Epsom, Guildford, Woking and Croydon.