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Asbestos Garage Roof Removal for Holmbury St Mary
Asbestos garage roof removal across Holmbury St Mary and nearby, for homes, rented property and workplaces. Done to HSE guidance, with paperwork for your records.
- Prefab garages with cement walls
- Garages being knocked down
- Storm-damaged sheets
Asbestos garage roof removal in Holmbury St Mary
Weighing up your options
DIY garage roof removal? HSE’s advice to the public is not to try to remove asbestos yourself, and the roof is fragile, so there’s a serious falls risk too. A price that looks too good to be true often is: controls, protective equipment, laboratory fees and legal disposal all cost money.
Why people choose us
- Clear written quotes
- Domestic and commercial work
- Across London and the South East
- Plain-English advice, including when to leave things alone
Asbestos garage roof removal near Holmbury St Mary
We remove single and double garage roofs, garages in rows and blocks, lean-tos and carports across Holmbury St Mary. Tell us the size and send photos. We often deal with downpipes, corrugated roof sheets and cement wall panels, and people usually contact us about cracked, mossy or leaking roofs and garages in a row or block.
Rural garages near Holmbury St Mary are often larger, or part of a range of outbuildings, so tell us the size and send photos. We follow HSE guidance and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, whatever the size of the job.
- Location
- Holmbury St Mary (RH5)
- County
- Surrey
- What we do
- Corrugated cement roofs taken off whole
- Afterwards
- Consignment note for the sheets
- Price
- A written quote before work starts
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Afterwards
After removal, the sheets are wrapped and taken to a permitted site, and you receive the paperwork.
Looking after any asbestos that remains:
- Book your roofer in advance
- Keep pets and children inside
- Photos of the garage and the way in help
- Empty the garage, but leave the roof alone
What to avoid
Never stand on the roof: it can break underfoot.
Never cut or break the sheets.
What it might be made of
Roof felt
We’ll tell you if it needs testing.
Ridge pieces
We take them off with the sheets.
Can I do it myself?
Sanding, drilling, cutting and jet-washing are the worst things you can do to asbestos materials.
Home testing kits exist, but you have to disturb the material to use one. HSE recommends a competent person takes samples.
Where asbestos turns up
Converting or rebuilding a garage means removing the roof first.
You cannot tell by looking, but these are common reasons people contact us:
- Pieces of broken roof
- Lean-to roofs
- Prefab garages with cement walls
- Roofs to clear before demolition
Older houses in Holmbury St Mary, near St Mary The Virgins Church or elsewhere, may have garages or outbuildings added before 2000, often with cement roofs.
Before you book anyone
- How the work will be done, and the controls used
- What is not included
- Which laboratory analyses samples
- If the price includes VAT
Also near Holmbury St Mary
What else we do in Holmbury St Mary
Garage roofs in Holmbury St Mary
Holmbury St Mary is about 5 miles south-west of Dorking, in Surrey. Holmbury St Mary is within our Surrey area, for garage roof jobs of every size. We cover 395 places in Surrey. Our nearest city page is Guildford, about 8 miles away.
Around Leith Hill, a garage may share a plot with sheds and stores. If you let a house with a garage near Gomshall station, it’s worth knowing what the roof is before anyone works on it. The Surrey Hills National Landscape is within about 3 miles, where garages often sit alongside barns and outbuildings with similar roofs.
We carry out garage roof jobs all over the RH5 postcode area and the streets around it. Local streets include Horsham Road and Felday Glade; we cover every one. If your property is just outside Holmbury St Mary, we also cover Pitland Street (1 mile south), Peaslake (1 mile west), Farley Green (3 miles west), Ewhurst (3 miles south) and Ewhurst Green (3 miles south). Larger places within reach include Guildford (8 miles north-west), Woking (11 miles north-west), Epsom (12 miles north-east), Horley (11 miles east), Redhill (11 miles east) and Ewell (13 miles north-east).
A little further out are Mesolithic Museum (0.7 miles north-east) and Abinger Castle (0.7 miles north-east). Within reach you will find Leith Hill and Silent Pool.
- Nearby schools include Peaslake Free School (1.1 miles west) and Hurtwood House (1.4 miles south)
- Pubs nearby include The Volunteer pub (0.6 miles north)
Holmbury St Mary: your questions answered
Do you work near Gomshall station?
Yes. Gomshall station is about 2.1 miles north-west of Holmbury St Mary, and we cover both.
My garage in Holmbury St Mary has a grey corrugated roof. Is it asbestos?
Many garages built before 2000 have asbestos cement roofs, but not all. Only a test can confirm it.
Do you give written quotes?
Yes, always, including whether VAT is included.
Is asbestos dangerous?
It can be, if fibres are released and breathed in. Diseases linked to it, such as mesothelioma and asbestosis, can appear many years later, so the aim is never to disturb it unknowingly.
Can I put asbestos in a skip?
Never: it’s hazardous waste. We take it to a permitted site with paperwork.
Do I need to be at home?
Someone has to let us into all the areas in the job.
Can you quote from photos?
Clear photos and measurements are often enough; if not, we’ll arrange to see it.
Do you take down the walls too?
Cement walls can come down the same way as the roof; brick walls and the base are a job for a builder or demolition contractor.
What’s included, and what isn’t
Every job has limits; these are the usual ones:
- Block garages may involve several owners or a landlord
- Removal in strong wind is postponed for safety
- Different materials need a different approach
If you’re unsure, describe the job and send photos, and we will advise.
Common materials
- Ridge pieces
- Corrugated cement sheets
- Roof felt
- Fixings and bolts
- Cement wall panels
- Gutters and downpipes
- Bargeboards
The process
Our team wears coveralls and respiratory protection, and nobody else comes near. Before anything starts, we confirm the areas and materials with you, so there’s no confusion. Garage roof removal in Holmbury St Mary is planned around daylight: in late December it’s dark by about 3:55pm, in June not until about 9:20pm.
- Describe the garage
- We plan the access and the waste
- We agree a date that fits your new roof
- We take the roof off safely
- You get the waste paperwork
Before we arrive
- Let us know if something’s broken
- Keep children and pets away on the day
- Don’t disturb the material before we get there
Getting a price
Each job is priced individually. Ring 07833 053 749, or send the details through our contact page to get started.
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Duty holders and landlords in Holmbury St Mary
Landlords of single homes don’t have the same duty to manage as non-domestic duty holders, but contractors still need to know about asbestos before they work.
If you manage or own a block in Holmbury St Mary, the asbestos register for common parts should be kept up to date and shared with contractors, and condition checked regularly.
- Identify it first: we test or survey before planning removal
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site