Worried about asbestos in your Surrey property? Disturbed asbestos can be deadly, and most people don’t realise until it’s too late. Our HSE licensed specialists carry out fast asbestos removal in Surrey so life at your property carries on as normal.
Tell us what you have found and our HSE licensed Surrey team will come back to you the same day with a fixed quote.
You are probably here for one of three reasons. Building work has stopped because a suspicious material turned up. A survey has flagged asbestos and a sale, let or refurbishment is now on hold. Or the legal duty to manage asbestos has landed on you as a landlord or building manager, and you need it dealt with properly.
Meyer Southern Ltd is an established asbestos removal company with over 30 years in the industry, covering the whole of Surrey with a complete service from inspection and testing through to safe disposal and clearance.
Call us on 0239 307 2182, message us on WhatsApp, or fill in the online enquiry form.
Surrey’s housing grew in exactly the decades when asbestos use peaked. The Victorian and Edwardian villas of Guildford and Farnham were extended and re-roofed through the mid-century. Rows of 1930s semis went up along the railway lines through Epsom, Esher and Weybridge as the London Surrey commuter belt expanded. Post-war estates followed around Redhill and Camberley. Asbestos was not fully banned in the UK until 1999, so any property older than 25 years can still hold asbestos materials.
The usual suspects are garages and sheds, garage roof sheets, artex ceilings, floor tiles, water tanks, pipe lagging and old flue pipes. Left alone they can sit quietly for years. Disturb them during a renovation and fibres from these hazardous materials enter the air. Breathing them in is linked to mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer, and around 2,500 people die from mesothelioma in the UK every year.
If you are selling, letting or renovating, our licensed team confirms what you have, removes it safely and hands you the asbestos report and certificates that keep everything moving.
Surrey’s commercial past has left its mark. The old Brooklands aircraft works at Weybridge, the trading estates around Woking and Camberley, and decades of office and industrial projects along the M25 and A3 corridors all mean asbestos still sits inside thousands of commercial properties across the South East.
The stakes for getting this wrong are high. The HSE estimates around 5,000 asbestos-related deaths a year, and under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 anyone responsible for a non-domestic building has a legal requirement to manage asbestos on site.
Our asbestos services cover commercial premises of every size, from single retail units to demolition sites and full refurbishment programmes. You get surveys, asbestos testing, risk assessments, controlled removal and certified asbestos disposal, planned around your operating hours so the business keeps running.
Leave the material exactly as it is. No drilling, no sanding, no attempts to remove a piece for a closer look. Close the door on the area if you can and keep children and pets well away.
The sooner you deal with it, the smaller the problem stays, so call 0239 307 2182. We will talk you through what you are likely dealing with and book in an asbestos survey where needed.
Real sites, surveyed, stripped and cleared. Have a look at what the work involves and how a property is left once it is signed off. You can see more of our recent asbestos projects across the UK in the full portfolio.
Our clients range from a homeowner with a single garage roof to managers running large portfolios of domestic and commercial properties. Every one of them gets the same fully trained crews, the same safety standards and the same complete paperwork, because the risk is identical no matter the size of the job.
Wherever you sit on that list, your property is in safe hands. Contact us on 0239 307 2182, email admin@meyerenvironmental.co.uk or send a message on WhatsApp.
Removing asbestos in Surrey is a precise multi-step process, and every stage of ours is documented so you always know what was found, what was removed and where it went.
It starts with a site inspection. Depending on the project our surveyors, qualified to BOHS P402 standard or higher, carry out a management survey, a refurbishment survey, or demolition surveys where a structure is coming down. Surveys determine both the presence of asbestos and how urgent removal is. Where a material is in doubt we take samples for asbestos testing at a UKAS-accredited laboratory, then produce a risk assessment and method statement built on real knowledge, not guesswork. If you need a standalone asbestos survey Surrey wide, we provide that too.
On the day, our operatives arrive in full personal protective equipment and respiratory protection. The work area is sealed off so airborne fibres cannot reach the rest of the building, with negative pressure enclosures on licensed jobs. Asbestos containing materials come out using damp techniques that suppress dust at the source. Licensed asbestos removal also requires a 14-day ASB5 notification to the HSE, which we submit for you. On larger domestic jobs we will tell you upfront if a short stay elsewhere is the safer option.
Asbestos waste is classed as hazardous waste, so it is double bagged, labelled and transported for safe disposal at authorised facilities. You receive the waste transfer and consignment notes as official paperwork proving every kilogram was disposed of correctly. That documentation matters later, particularly on a sale or lease.
The area gets a full HEPA vacuum and wet-wipe clean. On licensed jobs an independent UKAS-accredited laboratory carries out the four-stage clearance air test before anyone reoccupies the space. You are handed clearance certificates on completion, and the job is only finished when the highest standards have been met and signed off.
Asbestos never improves with time. Damaged asbestos materials keep degrading, stalled projects keep costing money, and the legal duty on landlords and building managers does not pause.
The fix is quicker than most people expect. One call, a fast site visit, a fixed quote, and an HSE licensed, fully insured team dealing with everything from testing to certified disposal. We cover every corner of the county, from the London Surrey border down to the Hampshire edge, with the knowledge that 30 years of asbestos solutions brings.
Call 0239 307 2182, email admin@meyerenvironmental.co.uk, message us on WhatsApp or complete the online enquiry form below.
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Yes. Meyer Southern Ltd holds an HSE asbestos licence, Licence No. 262606126. That means we can carry out licensed asbestos removal in Surrey, such as asbestos insulating board (AIB), pipe lagging and sprayed coatings, as well as notifiable and non-licensed work. Every licensed job is notified to the HSE 14 days before it starts.
For you, it means one contractor from the first asbestos survey to the final clearance, so you will not need to find a second company if the material turns out to be higher risk than expected.
Asbestos removal requires trained experts because the danger sits in fibres you cannot see. Disturb the wrong material without controls and those fibres stay airborne for hours, and once inhaled they can cause mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer decades later. There is no safe exposure level.
That is why the industry trains its people properly. The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) trains professionals for safe asbestos removal, and qualifications like these raise safety and compliance standards across the whole sector. Our operatives carry UK Asbestos Training Association training alongside years of hands-on experience, so the job is done once and done right.
Asbestos removal services in the UK operate under strict legal regulations, and so do property owners. Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, anyone responsible for a non-domestic building, including offices, shops, industrial units and communal areas of flats, has a duty to manage any asbestos present.
For homeowners the asbestos regulations are lighter, but the health risk is the same, and higher-risk work is still restricted to companies licensed by the Health and Safety Executive. If you are unsure where you stand, call us and we will set it out plainly.
Controlled physical removal is the heart of any asbestos abatement project. We seal the work area, run negative pressure where the job demands it, and keep materials damp throughout so dust never gets airborne. Operatives work in full PPE and respiratory protection from start to finish.
Everything removed is bagged, labelled and taken for disposal at licensed facilities, and you receive the consignment notes plus clearance certificates once the area passes its final checks. Nothing is signed off until the paperwork proves the job was done correctly.
Usually, yes. Because the work area is sealed off from the rest of the building, most smaller jobs, a garage, a single ceiling, a run of pipework, can happen around you with minimal fuss.
On larger domestic projects, homeowners should expect temporary relocation for a night or two while the removal and clearance take place. For businesses we schedule around your hours wherever possible, and our 24 hour emergency line covers accidental damage situations where you need someone on site fast.
Almost always. An asbestos survey identifies hazardous materials in properties before anyone commits to removal, and it tells you what type of asbestos you have, where it is and what condition it is in. Management surveys inspect areas for general maintenance, refurbishment surveys are required before structural changes, and a demolition survey makes sure everything is identified before a building comes down.
Every survey ends with a written asbestos report, which becomes the basis of your management plan or the scope for removal. Reliable identification needs proper surveying backed by accredited testing, so we never skip this step.
Our surveyors take physical samples from anything suspected of containing asbestos, whether that is a textured coating, cement sheeting, insulation or old water tanks. Every sample goes to a UKAS approved laboratory for analysis, which confirms the presence, type and condition of any asbestos found.
Those results feed straight into the risk assessment and decide how the removal is carried out, licensed or non-licensed, and what controls the job needs. It is a small step that removes all the guesswork from everything that follows.
The cost of asbestos removal in Surrey depends on various factors such as the type and condition of the material, how much of it there is, how accessible it is, the size of the property, and most significantly whether the work is licensed or non-licensed. An emergency call-out sits differently to a planned removal, and a survey is priced separately from the removal itself.
What we can promise is a clear quote with a fixed price and no hidden extras. Call 0239 307 2182 or use the online enquiry form and we will price your job properly rather than guessing over the phone.
The whole of Surrey and beyond. Guildford, Woking, Epsom, Redhill, Reigate, Farnham, Camberley, Staines and everywhere in between, plus the wider South East where clients need us, including London.
Property-wise, asbestos removal can involve almost anything: residential homes, garages and sheds, commercial premises, schools, healthcare sites, demolition sites and industrial units. If a building went up before 2000 and something needs testing, removing or disposing of, we handle it from start to finish.
Yes. Our asbestos services cover the full picture. That includes asbestos testing, every type of asbestos survey, safe removal by a licensed asbestos team, and collection of old sheets left behind in garages and sheds. Because these asbestos services sit under one roof, you deal with one qualified point of contact from the first call through to the final certificate.
If a material is damaged, act quickly and have it checked rather than moving or storing it yourself. Loose sheets in sheds are one of the most common sources of exposure we see. One call to our licensed asbestos specialists and the right service, whether that is testing, an asbestos survey or safe removal, gets booked in straight away.
