Asbestos Removal in New Malden
For safe, compliant asbestos removal in New Malden, our HSE-licensed and non-licensed teams handle everything from a single garage roof to a full strip-out across South West London.
Asbestos in New Malden
New Malden is predominantly an interwar suburb, with dense 1920s and 1930s semis and terraces laid out around the station and Coombe Road, plus post-war rebuilding where wartime damage occurred and later infill flats. Turnover and refurbishment rates are high, and the town's busy restaurant and retail parade on the High Street brings a steady stream of commercial fit-outs into older units. Residential finds are the familiar interwar set — cement garage roofs, soffits, flues, loft tanks — layered with artex and floor tiles from later modernisation. Shop and restaurant refits regularly uncover insulating board ceilings and ducting in back-of-house areas.
Whatever you’re dealing with, we make New Malden properties safe the right way — identified, proven in the lab, and either contained or removed with paperwork that satisfies lenders, buyers and the HSE.
Removal in New Malden, done properly
- HSE-licensed removal (insulation, lagging, AIB, sprayed coatings)
- Non-licensed & notifiable non-licensed works
- Sealed enclosures with negative-pressure units
- Independent air monitoring & 4-stage clearance
- Consigned hazardous-waste disposal
- Site clearance certificate & waste consignment notes
Four steps to certainty
Plan
We produce a plan of work (or notify the HSE for licensed jobs), method statement and risk assessment specific to your site.
Enclose
Work areas are sealed in controlled enclosures under negative pressure so no fibre escapes.
Remove
Operatives in full RPE strip and double-bag material, decontaminating as they go.
Clear
An independent analyst runs the 4-stage clearance and issues the certificate of reoccupation. Waste leaves on consignment notes.
Asbestos Removal in New Malden: FAQs
I'm fitting out a High Street unit in New Malden — what are my obligations?
As the person arranging the work you must ensure a refurbishment and demolition survey is carried out before any intrusive work starts, as required by CAR 2012, and the survey must cover everything you intend to disturb including ceiling voids and back-of-house areas. It costs more than the £200 to £300 management survey because it is destructive. If insulating board ceilings or ducting are found, removal is licensed and notifiable work.
We're extending a 1930s New Malden semi — is the old garage roof our problem?
If the garage is coming down or being re-roofed as part of the works, yes — the sheeting should be removed properly before general demolition rather than smashed with the rest of the structure. A typical domestic garage roof runs £380 to £800 as non-licensed work, and doing it as a separate first step is usually cheaper than dealing with contaminated demolition waste afterwards.
Do I need a licensed contractor to remove asbestos?
It depends on the material. High-risk items like pipe lagging, sprayed coatings and asbestos insulating board need an HSE-licensed contractor. Lower-risk items such as cement sheets and floor tiles can be removed under non-licensed controls. We are licensed for both and will tell you which applies.
Can I stay in the property during removal?
For small non-licensed jobs, often yes, with the work area sealed off. For licensed removal inside the home we usually recommend vacating the affected zone until the clearance certificate is issued. We plan the safest sequence around you.
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