West Berkshire · England
Asbestos Survey in Kintbury
Asbestos survey across Kintbury and nearby, for homes, rented property and workplaces. Done to HSE guidance, with paperwork for your records.
- Planned refurbishment work
- Pre-purchase checks on older properties
- The communal parts of blocks of flats
Asbestos survey for Kintbury
Asbestos survey in Kintbury
If you are responsible for a non-domestic building in Kintbury, or the shared parts of a block of flats, you have a duty to manage asbestos under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. A management survey is typically the starting point. From demolition of garages, extensions and buildings and purchases of older homes and buildings, we deal with boiler cupboard panels, water tanks and soffits and more.
Rural homes near Kintbury have often been extended over generations, so we survey each part the work will disturb. We only recommend work that’s needed.
- Where
- Kintbury (RG17)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Service
- Surveys for homes, landlords and businesses
- Afterwards
- A written report with lab results
- Quotes
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Kintbury: your questions answered
Do older homes in Kintbury have asbestos?
That depends on when it was built and altered: asbestos was used until the 1999 ban, so older homes and older alterations in Kintbury can contain it. Common places include garage roofs, textured ceilings, floor tiles, soffits and flues.
How far is Kintbury from London?
Kintbury is about 59 miles from central London, well within our area.
Do you work in flats?
Yes. In a block, the shared areas are the responsibility of the managing agent or freeholder, who should hold the asbestos register.
Is a survey needed before building work in Kintbury?
Yes, for the areas being worked on: HSE’s guidance calls for a refurbishment and demolition survey before the work starts.
Is asbestos dangerous?
Asbestos is a hazard when its fibres get into the air. The related diseases often take decades to develop, so the aim is never to disturb it unknowingly.
Can you advise before I buy a property?
Yes. A pre-purchase survey, arranged with the seller’s permission, shows what asbestos is there before you exchange.
I think I’ve damaged asbestos. What now?
Stop, keep people away from the area and don’t sweep or vacuum up debris. Then ask for advice; if you’re worried about your health, speak to your GP.
Is a homebuyer survey the same as an asbestos survey?
Not really: a homebuyer or building survey may note possible asbestos, but it doesn’t typically sample anything. For an answer, you need a pre-purchase asbestos survey.
Places near Kintbury
What else we do in Kintbury
Typical surveys in Kintbury
Most of the risk from asbestos comes from disturbing it without knowing it’s there. A survey removes the guesswork before work starts.
Asbestos can be in a lot of places in buildings from before 2000. Typical situations are:
- Common parts of flats and HMOs
- Pre-work surveys for trades
- Community buildings and halls
- Pre-purchase checks on older properties
For rented homes close to Kintbury station, asbestos information should be ready for contractors before maintenance.
What your quote should include
- VAT, clearly stated
- The survey type, as defined in HSG264
- The scope, in writing
- What the report or result will contain
What’s included, and what isn’t
Here’s what an asbestos survey covers, and what it doesn’t:
- The survey tells you what’s there; removal is a separate job, though we can quote for that too
- Areas we cannot safely reach are listed in the report, and should be presumed to contain asbestos
- The rooms in a refurbishment survey need to be cleared, so timing needs planning
If in doubt, ask: we will recommend a test, a survey or removal.
What we deal with
- Artex and textured coatings
- Floor tiles and adhesive
- Garage and shed roofs
- Water tanks and flues
- Cement sheets and cladding
- Boiler cupboards and panels
- Soffits and porch canopies
- Roofing felt and bitumen
- Ceiling tiles
- Pipe lagging
Duty holders and landlords in Kintbury
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.
Landlords of garage blocks and outbuildings should find out whether the roofs are asbestos cement, before repairs are arranged.
Afterwards
Duty holders use the survey to build an asbestos register and management plan, which should be kept up to date.
Staying safe afterwards:
- Keep pets and children out of the way on the day
- Tell us about any areas that are locked or unsafe
- Tell us exactly what work you’re planning, so the scope matches
- Share any previous surveys or drawings
Avoid these
Until the survey is done, don’t drill, sand, cut or break suspect materials.
Plan the survey early, before booking builders, so there’s time to deal with anything it finds.
Prices and what affects them
These are the main things that affect the price of an asbestos survey:
- Which survey type fits your plans
- The number of materials to sample
- The building’s size and layout
- The type of material and its condition
Our quotes are clear about VAT.
Helping us quote
The most useful photos are:
- Any labels or markings, if you can see them safely
- An idea of size
- The route in: gates, steps, stairs or the loft hatch
- A clear close-up
Not sure what you need? Call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form and describe the problem, and we will recommend the right option.
Materials, one by one
Asbestos cement
Asbestos cement was used for garage and shed roofs, gutters, downpipes, flues, soffits and water tanks. The fibres are bound in cement, and breaking or cutting it releases them.
Roofing felt and bitumen
Roof felts are checked where they fall within the survey.
Can I do it myself?
Home testing kits exist, but you have to disturb the material to use one. HSE recommends a competent person takes samples.
Fragile roofs are a serious falls risk, as well as an asbestos risk, so stay off it.
Kintbury buildings and asbestos surveys
Kintbury is about 5 miles west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. If your survey is in Kintbury, let us know about access. We cover all 155 towns and villages in West Berkshire. We work right across the region, from Kintbury to Reading (21 miles away).
Planning work on an older building in Kintbury, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere? Get the work areas surveyed before anything is opened up. For a school like Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School, the duty holder must manage asbestos and keep an asbestos register.
This part of West Berkshire takes in RG17. Your property could be on Station Road, High Street and Morrish Grove. Other places close to Kintbury we cover include Hell Corner (2 miles south), Inkpen (2 miles south-west), Inkpen Common (2 miles south), Lower Green (2 miles south-west) and Upper Green (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Newbury (5 miles east), Thatcham (8 miles east), Speenhamland (5 miles east), Hungerford (3 miles west), Lambourn (8 miles north-west) and Shaw (6 miles east).
Other landmarks nearby include Hamstead Marshall 3 (2.2 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Inkpen Hill and Kintbury Newt Ponds.
- Pubs nearby include Prince of Wales pub (within half a mile north-west)
Step by step
In a refurbishment and demolition survey, we open up the fabric of the building: we check behind, under and inside the parts being worked on, so those areas need to be empty. The work area is kept clear while we are working, so arrange for pets and children to be elsewhere.
- Send us the address and what you need the survey for
- We set out the survey type, the areas covered and the price in writing
- On the agreed day, the surveyor inspects, photographs and samples
- Samples go to the laboratory
- The report comes to you, and we explain anything that is not clear
Preparing for the visit
- Have any previous surveys or test results ready
- Keep away from the material in the meantime
- Clear access to the area, loft or garage
Ask for a quote
Every job is quoted in writing. Just call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form with the details, including any survey or test you already have.
Related guides
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site