Asbestos Roof Removal
In North Wales
Removed, Disposed Of, Replaced

Corrugated asbestos cement was the standard cheap roof for anything that was not the house: detached garages, lean-to stores, workshops, stables, farm buildings, coal sheds and light industrial units. Across rural Anglesey, Llyn and the Conwy valley there is a great deal of it still in service.

It also turns up as flat sheeting to soffits, garage side panels, gutter linings and infill panels, so a removal job is often more than just the roof plane itself. We identify all of it at survey rather than finding it halfway through.

The aim is always to remove sheets intact. Fixings are cut or released rather than levered, sheets are lifted clear individually, handled by two people where the size demands it, and lowered to ground level rather than dropped or slid.

They are then wrapped and sealed rather than stacked loose, so nothing is shedding material while it is being loaded. Off-cuts, broken pieces and the debris in the gutters are collected as part of the same process, because that is where the loose material usually is.

Asbestos cement cannot be disposed of with ordinary construction waste. It goes to a facility licensed to receive it, and the transfer is documented, so you have a record of where the material from your building went.

That documentation matters most for anyone letting, selling or running a commercial property, where the question of what happened to an asbestos roof is likely to be asked at some point in the future.

Once the sheeting is off, the frame or purlins are inspected, because they are usually the same age as the roof and often need attention before a new covering goes on. Repairs to the structure are photographed and priced before they are carried out.

Replacement is then chosen to suit the building: profiled sheeting on a garage, workshop or agricultural building, or a flat roof system, tiles or slate where the building sits alongside the house and needs to match it. We cover Bangor, Llangefni, Anglesey, Caernarfon, Conwy, Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, Denbigh and Betws-y-Coed.