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Asbestos removal and surveys in GU26
Planning work on an older property in GU26? We work in Grayshott, Beacon Hill and Hindhead and every street in between, planned to HSE guidance.
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Tell us what you’ve found and the postcode and we’ll reply with a quote: send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749.
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Asbestos survey across GU26
About to refurbish in GU26? 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. Typical materials include boiler cupboard panels, floor tiles and garage roofs, and typical jobs are refurbishment, rewiring and new kitchens or bathrooms and purchases of older homes and buildings.
A management survey involves minor intrusion: lifting ceiling tiles, opening service cupboards and taking small samples. We seal up each sample point.
- Describe the property, its age and the work you have in mind
- We set out the survey type, the areas covered and the price in writing
- We inspect the areas in scope and sample suspect materials
- An accredited laboratory analyses the samples
- We send the report with results and recommendations
What it costs in GU26
Access makes a big difference to cost, so photos of the area and the way in help us quote accurately.
What you get
- Management, refurbishment and demolition, and pre-purchase surveys
- Records for your files
- Inaccessible areas listed clearly
- Written quotes that say what’s included
Getting a price
Share the postcode, a short description and photos: ring 07833 053 749, or send the details through our contact page.
What’s near Grayshott
Around Grayshott, we work at homes and buildings near St Edmund's School, Church of St Luke and Grayshott Church of England Controlled Primary School. You’ll also find Woolmer Hill School (1.3 miles south) and The Fox & Pelican pub (within half a mile south-east). The nearest railway station is Haslemere station, roughly 2.2 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Haslemere and District Hospital (2.4 miles south-east). The countryside around Grayshott includes Lynchmere Commons and Gibbet Hill.
GU26: surveys for every kind of building
GU26 covers everything from Shottermill, Grayshott and Beacon Hill to 6 small villages and hamlets, and anything from before 2000 may contain asbestos. Town surveys are often for homes and businesses; rural surveys often include outbuildings. Parts of GU26 are within a few miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape, where barns and outbuildings with cement sheeting are a common sight.
Grayshott: For a school like Grayshott Church of England Controlled Primary School, the duty holder must manage asbestos and keep an asbestos register. For rented homes close to Haslemere station, it helps to know what’s in the building before repairs.
How we price an asbestos survey
Prices vary with:
- The number of materials to sample
- How many samples are needed
- The building’s size and layout
- Access to the area
We do not publish a price list, because jobs vary so much. Our guides list published price ranges from other companies, with sources.
Sending photos
Before you send photos, a few tips:
- Where we could park
- An overall view
- The access route
- A close-up from a safe distance
For a quote, fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749. Include the postcode, the material and some photos.
After we have finished in GU26
If it finds asbestos that work would disturb, the report explains what needs removing before work starts, and what kind of work that is.
- Have any old surveys or plans ready
- Tell us about any areas that are locked or unsafe
- In a block of flats, ask for the register of the shared areas
- Make sure you can pass the report to your builder
Please don’t break off pieces for us to look at: we take samples with wetting and sealing to limit any release.
Do not take samples yourself before the survey: sampling is part of the survey, done with controls to keep dust down.
Landlords, managing agents and employers
Between tenancies is a good time to deal with asbestos, while the property is empty.
If you are responsible for a non-domestic building or the common parts of flats in GU26, you have a duty to manage asbestos under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. In practice: find it, assess it, record it and manage it.
Typical surveys in GU26
Asbestos went into roofing, boards, coatings, tiles, insulation and more, so they can turn up almost anywhere in an older building.
These come up again and again:
- Shops, offices and industrial units
- Community buildings and halls
- Buying a property built before 2000
- Kitchen, bathroom and rewiring projects
Can I do it myself?
Working on a fragile asbestos cement roof is dangerous in itself, as well as an asbestos risk, so stay off it.
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.
GU26 questions
Is a homebuyer survey the same as an asbestos survey?
No, they’re different: a homebuyer or building survey may note possible asbestos, but it doesn’t usually sample anything. A pre-purchase asbestos survey gives you that answer.
Do you work in GU26?
Yes, we do: our area includes GU26 and the places around it. Share the postcode and a short description for a quote.
Could my home contain asbestos?
Looking will not tell you. Laboratory analysis of a sample gives the answer, especially in buildings from before 2000.
What’s the difference between a test and a survey?
Testing tells you about particular materials; a survey looks at everything in scope, including things you hadn’t spotted.
Does weather affect the work?
It depends on the job: indoor jobs aren’t affected, but outdoor removal may be rescheduled for safety.
Do you work for landlords and businesses?
Yes, as well as homeowners. Send the details.
How can I get a price?
Just use our quote form or call 07833 053 749. Tell us the postcode, what the material is and where, and send photos if you can.
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Planned to HSE guidance and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site