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Asbestos Survey for Castle Town
Asbestos survey in Castle Town: management, refurbishment and demolition, and pre-purchase asbestos surveys, for homeowners, landlords and businesses. Planned to HSE guidance, with written results and paperwork.
- Refurbishment, rewiring and new kitchens or bathrooms
- Demolition of garages, extensions and buildings
- Checks on rental property
Asbestos survey near Castle Town
Asbestos survey near Castle Town
Any building in Castle Town built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. The way to know for sure is a survey: a surveyor inspects the building, takes small samples of suspect materials and records the results in a report. Typical jobs include schools, halls and community buildings and shared halls, stairs and plant rooms, involving textured ceilings, garage roofs and soffits.
Around a village like Castle Town, a survey may need to cover a farmhouse, its extensions and several outbuildings, each scoped separately if needed. Clear answers come first: what the material is, and what that means for your plans.
- Location
- Castle Town (BN44)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Service
- Asbestos surveys with lab-analysed samples
- Paperwork
- A written report with lab results
- Price
- Written quote for your job
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
How we price an asbestos survey
Our quotes take into account:
- The size and age of the building
- Location, parking and any London charges
- The type of material and its condition
- The size of the job
Access makes a big difference to cost, so tell us about access.
Helping us quote
When you send photos, these help most:
- A rough size or measurement
- Any labels or markings, if you can see them safely
- A wide shot showing where the material is
- How we’d reach it
Photos taken from a safe distance are fine: do not touch the material, just send them through our quote form.
Limits to be aware of
The usual limits are:
- A survey reflects the building on the day; materials can deteriorate, so condition should be checked again over time
- The survey tells you what’s there; removal is a separate job, though we can quote for that too
- A management survey is only minimally intrusive, so it won’t do before building work
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we will tell you honestly.
What we deal with
- Pipe lagging
- Ceiling tiles
- Artex and textured coatings
- Water tanks and flues
- Floor tiles and adhesive
- Soffits and porch canopies
- Roofing felt and bitumen
- Garage and shed roofs
- Boiler cupboards and panels
- Cement sheets and cladding
Materials, one by one
Textured coatings
We sample textured coatings in the rooms in scope, before plasterers or electricians start.
Asbestos cement
Asbestos cement was used for garage and shed roofs, gutters, downpipes, flues, soffits and water tanks. It contains a relatively low proportion of fibres bound in cement, but it releases fibres when broken, cut or abraded.
Questions from Castle Town
Do older homes in Castle Town have asbestos?
It depends on its age and history: asbestos was used until the 1999 ban, so older homes and older alterations in Castle Town can contain it. Look at garage roofs, textured ceilings, old floor tiles, soffits and flues.
How far is Castle Town from London?
Castle Town is about 44 miles from central London, well within our area.
How do I know if my property contains asbestos?
Looking will not tell you. Laboratory analysis of a sample gives the answer, and anything from before 2000 is worth checking.
What if asbestos is found during building work?
Work there should pause and the area be kept clear. We’ll identify it and advise on removal.
How do I get a quote?
Just call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form. Tell us the postcode, what the material is and where, and send photos if you can.
What if my house is newer?
Asbestos was banned in 1999, so buildings built after 2000 shouldn’t contain it, although older materials can sometimes be reused or left in extensions.
How dangerous is asbestos?
Asbestos fibres can cause serious lung diseases years after exposure. The main risk is from disturbing it, so identifying it before work is important.
Do landlords need an asbestos survey?
It’s typically needed by whoever manages a workplace or the shared parts of a block. Homeowners and landlords use them as well.
Can I do it myself?
Sanding, drilling, cutting and jet-washing are the worst things you can do to asbestos materials, so avoid them completely.
Home testing kits exist, but you have to disturb the material to use one. HSE advises that samples are best taken by a competent person.
What we deal with in Castle Town
It is not only big projects that disturb asbestos: fitting a socket, a downlight or a new boiler flue can mean drilling into it, so knowing where it is matters.
Get advice if you are dealing with any of these:
- Workplaces built before 2000
- Checks on rental property
- Planned refurbishment work
- Community buildings and halls
Altering an older house in Castle Town, wherever it is? Get the work areas surveyed before anything is opened up.
What to look for in a quote
- Insurance appropriate to asbestos work
- The survey type, as defined in HSG264
- How many samples are included
- The report contents
The process
On the day, the surveyor walks through the areas in scope, checks every suspect material and takes small samples, wetting and sealing each sample point to keep dust down. The work area is kept clear while we are working.
- Describe the property, its age and the work you have in mind
- We recommend a survey type and quote for the agreed scope
- Our surveyor inspects and takes small samples of suspect materials
- Samples go to an accredited laboratory for analysis
- You receive a written report with locations, results, condition and recommendations
Preparing for the visit
- Let neighbours know if the work is near them
- Move things out of the way carefully
- Find any old asbestos reports
How to get a quote
Send us the address in Castle Town, a description and some photos: call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form.
Helpful guides
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Castle Town buildings and asbestos surveys
Castle Town is about 3 miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. Castle Town is within our West Sussex area, for surveys of every size. We work in all 371 towns and villages across West Sussex, from the larger towns to small villages. We work right across the region, from Castle Town to Brighton (8 miles away).
If you manage lettings around Shoreham-By-Sea station, share asbestos information with trades before work. Non-domestic buildings, Upper Beeding Primary School among them, come under the duty to manage asbestos. The sea is within about 4 miles of Castle Town, and coastal properties often have porches, canopies and outbuildings that a survey can include.
Anywhere in BN44, we can help with an asbestos survey. Local streets include Henfield Road, The Bostal and Shoreham Road; we cover every one. Neighbouring places we cover include Adur (2 miles south), Old Shoreham (3 miles south), Shoreham-by-Sea (3 miles south), Fulking (3 miles east) and Kingston by Sea (4 miles south-east). We also cover nearby towns such as Horsham (13 miles north), Worthing (6 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (12 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (9 miles north-east), Littlehampton (11 miles south-west) and Lancing (4 miles south).
A little further out are Southlands Hospital (3.1 miles south-east) and Steyning Museum (1.5 miles north-west). The countryside around Castle Town includes Mill Hill and Truleigh Hill.
- Schools near Castle Town include Steyning Grammar School (1.8 miles north-west)
For landlords, agents and businesses
Before contractors start, they need to know about any asbestos. HSE regularly reminds owners and trades of it.
Landlords of garage blocks and outbuildings should find out whether the roofs are asbestos cement, before anyone carries out repairs.
Weighing up your options
An old survey may not be enough. If it was a management survey, it will not have looked inside the fabric of the building where you are about to work, so refurbishment needs a fresh, intrusive survey of the work areas. Our quotes are clear about VAT.
Why us?
- Practical recommendations
- Records for your files
- Work done to the regulations
- Clear advice on your options
Take a look at our prices page or published price ranges.
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Legal disposal at a permitted site, with a consignment note