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Asbestos removal and surveys in TW3
Asbestos removal and surveys across TW3, from Hounslow, Lampton and Twickenham. For homes, landlords and businesses.
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- Asbestos removal
- Artex removal
- Asbestos surveys
- Asbestos testing
- Garage roof removal
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About asbestos survey in TW3
If you’re buying a home or building in TW3 from before 2000, a pre-purchase survey shows what asbestos is present, and its condition, before you commit, so you can plan renovations with your eyes open. Typical materials include garage roofs, textured ceilings and flues, and people normally contact us about demolition of garages, extensions and buildings and shared halls, stairs and plant rooms.
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.
- Start by telling us about the property and your plans
- We set out the survey type, the areas covered and the price in writing
- On the agreed day, the surveyor inspects, photographs and samples
- An accredited laboratory analyses the samples
- You receive a written report with locations, results, condition and recommendations
Prices in TW3
Identifying asbestos early is cheaper than stopping work later, when the whole project can be held up.
What you get
- Domestic and commercial work
- Paperwork you can show your buyer, landlord or builder
- Lab analysis by an accredited laboratory
- Clear written quotes
How to get a quote
Photos from a safe distance help: send them through our contact page.
What’s near Hounslow
In Hounslow, that can mean a property near Royal Military School of Music, Inwood Park and Chatsworth Primary School, among other places. Nearby too are Church of St Mary the Virgin (within half a mile east), Moon Under Water pub (0.8 miles west) and Kingsley Academy (less than half a mile north-west). The nearest railway station is Hounslow station, roughly 0.6 miles south-west. A little further out are Museum of Army Music (0.8 miles south) and South Middlesex Hospital (0.9 miles south-east). Open spaces near Hounslow include Garden Lake and Richmond Hill.
- Local facilities include Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth (within half a mile north)
Surveying buildings in TW3
From Twickenham, Hounslow and Isleworth to 0 villages and hamlets, buildings across TW3 range from terraces and estates to farms and industrial units, and anything from before 2000 may contain asbestos. In towns we survey homes and businesses; in villages, outbuildings too.
Hounslow: A school such as Chatsworth Primary School counts as non-domestic premises, where the law requires asbestos to be managed, and a management survey is typically where that starts. Altering an older house in Hounslow, wherever it is? The rooms being worked on need surveying before the builders arrive.
Your options compared
Do you need a full survey, or just a test? Testing tells you about the materials you sample, and nothing else; a survey covers everything in scope, including materials nobody had spotted.
Comparing quotes
- Whether they’re insured for asbestos work
- Laboratory analysis by an accredited lab
- Which areas are covered, and which are not
- Survey methods in line with HSG264
Where asbestos turns up
For workplaces and common parts, the law requires asbestos to be identified and its risk assessed. Most duty holders commission a survey to meet that duty.
Get advice if you’re dealing with any of these:
- Workplaces built before 2000
- Kitchen, bathroom and rewiring projects
- Public and community buildings
- Buying a property built before 2000
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.
Working on a fragile asbestos cement roof is dangerous in itself, quite apart from the asbestos, so stay off it.
Materials we deal with
Floor tiles and adhesive
Tiles and adhesive can be sampled separately, as results can differ.
Insulating board
Asbestos insulating board was used for panels, partitions, soffits, ceiling tiles and around heaters. Most work on insulating board is licensed, so it’s important to know if it’s there.
What’s included, and what is not
We are upfront about what’s included:
- A survey identifies asbestos; it doesn’t remove it, though we can quote for that too
- A survey reflects the building on the day; condition can change, so recheck it
- Inaccessible areas are recorded, and must be treated as containing asbestos until checked
FAQs for TW3
Is a homebuyer survey the same as an asbestos survey?
No, they’re different: a homebuyer report can flag suspected asbestos without testing it. A pre-purchase asbestos survey gives you that answer.
Can you come if the asbestos is damaged?
Keep people away from damaged material and do not clean it up yourself. Then contact us and we will advise on the next step.
How dangerous is asbestos?
It can be, if fibres are released and breathed in. Diseases linked to it, such as mesothelioma and asbestosis, can appear many years later, which is why it’s identified before work.
Should all asbestos be removed?
Not always: sound material that will not be disturbed can often stay. Keep a record and check its condition.
Which asbestos work needs a licence?
It covers the higher-risk materials: lagging, sprayed coatings and most asbestos insulating board. It needs a contractor with an HSE licence.
Do you give written quotes?
Always: the quote is in writing and sets out what’s included, and whether VAT is included.
Does a survey leave holes?
A management survey takes small samples, which are sealed afterwards. A refurbishment and demolition survey is intrusive by design, because it has to look inside the fabric of the building.
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site