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Asbestos Surveys in Worth, West Sussex
Asbestos survey across Worth, for houses, flats and commercial buildings. You get a written quote before anything starts.
- Managing asbestos in workplaces and non-domestic premises
- Refurbishment, rewiring and new kitchens or bathrooms
- Contractors’ requests for an asbestos report
Need an asbestos survey in Worth?
How asbestos survey works in Worth
About to refurbish in Worth? Before refurbishment or demolition, HSE’s guidance is that the areas affected need a refurbishment and demolition survey, so nothing hidden is disturbed once work begins. We often deal with garage roofs, boiler cupboard panels and pipe lagging, and typical jobs are rented homes between tenancies and purchases of older homes and buildings.
Homes in places like Worth range from older cottages to post-war and later houses, and anything altered before 2000 may contain asbestos. Every job ends with paperwork: a report, results or a consignment note, for your records.
- Location
- Worth (RH10)
- Area hub
- West Sussex
- What we do
- Management, refurbishment and demolition, and pre-purchase surveys
- Paperwork
- Written survey report
- Quote
- A written quote before work starts
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
What it costs
The biggest factors in the price are:
- Access: height, lofts, steps and space
- Location, parking and any London charges
- How much there is
- The size and age of the building
Our quotes are clear about VAT.
Photos that help
Photos often save us a visit:
- Labels, if any
- A closer photo of the material, without touching it
- The parking area
- A picture of the whole area
Photos taken from a safe distance are fine: send them through our contact page.
Can I do it myself?
Sanding, drilling, cutting and jet-washing are the worst things you can do to asbestos materials.
A professional job comes with paperwork: a record that buyers, insurers and builders may want to see.
Choosing the right option
Management or refurbishment and demolition? A management survey suits a building in use; a refurbishment and demolition survey looks behind and under surfaces before building work. Our guide explains which you need. We don’t publish a price list, because jobs vary so much. Our cost guides show published ranges, with dates and sources.
Why people choose us
- Clear advice on your options
- Samples analysed by an accredited laboratory
- Jobs planned to HSE guidance
- Clear notes on any areas not reached
Read how we price jobs and our cost guide.
What’s included, and what is not
It’s worth knowing what an asbestos survey does and does not cover:
- The rooms in a refurbishment survey need to be cleared, so timing needs planning
- Inaccessible areas are recorded, and should be presumed to contain asbestos
- The report describes the building when surveyed; condition can change, so recheck it
If in doubt, ask: we’ll recommend a test, a survey or removal before you book.
Common materials
- Pipe lagging
- Ceiling tiles
- Soffits and porch canopies
- Water tanks and flues
- Floor tiles and adhesive
- Artex and textured coatings
- Cement sheets and cladding
- Roofing felt and bitumen
- Boiler cupboards and panels
- Garage and shed roofs
Looking after things afterwards
The survey ends with a written report: locations, results, condition and recommendations for every material in scope.
Some practical advice:
- Tell us exactly what work you’re planning, so the survey covers the right areas
- Share any previous surveys or drawings
- Tell us about any areas that are locked or unsafe
- Make sure you can pass the report to your builder
Avoid these
Before the survey, leave suspect materials alone.
Please do not break off pieces for us to look at: we take samples with wetting and sealing to limit any release.
Worth: your questions answered
Do older homes in Worth have asbestos?
Older homes can, if they date from before 2000. The only way to know is to test suspect materials. Common places include garage roofs, textured ceilings, floor tiles, soffits and flues.
Do you survey schools and community buildings around Worth?
Yes, by arrangement with the duty holder. Non-domestic buildings should have an asbestos register and management plan.
Is damaged asbestos an emergency?
First, keep people away from the damaged material: close it off and don’t clean it up yourself. Then get in touch and we’ll advise.
Which asbestos work needs a licence?
Licensed work is work on the materials most likely to release fibres: pipe lagging, sprayed coatings and most insulating board. It needs a contractor with an HSE licence.
How do I know if my property contains asbestos?
Any building built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. Testing a sample is the only way to know.
Can you survey offices and warehouses?
Yes, we do: shops, offices, warehouses, industrial units, schools and halls. Tell us about the building and what you need.
Do you need to see it before quoting?
Often we can quote from clear photos and a description; otherwise we will arrange a visit.
Is a homebuyer survey the same as an asbestos survey?
Not really: a homebuyer or building survey may note possible asbestos, but it does not normally sample anything. For an answer, you need a pre-purchase asbestos survey.
Surveys around Worth
Worth is about 2 miles east of Crawley, in West Sussex. We work across Worth and the surrounding area, on everything from houses and flats to workplaces and garages. Worth is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover.
Non-domestic buildings, Maidenbower Junior School among them, come under the duty to manage asbestos, and a management survey is usually where that starts. If you are a landlord near Three Bridges station, asbestos information should be ready for contractors before maintenance. Parts of the High Weald National Landscape are within about 8 miles of Worth, where farm buildings, barns and stables with cement roofs are common.
We handle surveys in every part of RH10 and the streets around it. Your property could be on Worth Road, Banks Road and Saxon Road, wherever it is in Worth. If your property is just outside Worth, we also cover Pound Hill (1 mile north), Maidenbower (1 mile south), Three Bridges (1 mile north-west), Tilgate (1 mile south-west) and Forge Wood (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also work in Horsham (8 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (8 miles south), Burgess Hill (11 miles south), East Grinstead (6 miles east), Broadfield (3 miles south-west) and Billingshurst (15 miles south-west).
A little further out are Crawley Hospital (2.2 miles west) and County Mall (1.6 miles west). The countryside around Worth includes Tilgate Lake.
- Schools near Worth include Oriel High School (0.7 miles south-west)
- Local pubs include Dem Shish pub (within half a mile north-west)
Places near Worth
What else we do in Worth
The process
In a refurbishment and demolition survey, we open up the fabric of the building: we look behind panels, under floors and above ceilings in the areas being worked on, so those areas need to be empty. We begin by confirming exactly what we’re doing.
- Get in touch with the address and your plans
- We recommend the right type of survey
- On the day we inspect, sample and photograph
- Each sample is analysed by an accredited laboratory
- The report sets out what was found and what to do next
Getting ready
- Tell neighbours if the work is close to their property
- Keep away from the material in the meantime
- Mention any parking restrictions
Get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos and the postcode: just ring 07833 053 749, or send the details through our contact page.
Helpful guides
Materials, one by one
Pipe lagging
Old lagging is one of the higher-risk materials. Work on it is licensed.
Insulating board
It’s easy to mistake insulating board for other boards, which is why sampling matters.
Why people call us in Worth
Asbestos was used in British buildings for much of the 20th century, until it was fully banned in 1999. So buildings across West Sussex can contain it in roofs, soffits, ceilings, floors and boiler cupboards.
In older properties, we often see:
- Pre-work surveys for trades
- Public and community buildings
- Demolition and strip-out
- Common parts of flats and HMOs
If you have an older property in Worth, near St Nicholas' Church or anywhere else, survey the areas you are working on before work starts.
What to look for in a quote
- That the survey follows HSE’s guide HSG264
- The scope, in writing
- The scope of the job, in writing
- What you’ll receive in writing
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Planned to HSE guidance and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Legal disposal at a permitted site, with a consignment note