Asbestos Removal Hornsby
Hornsby's housing runs from inter-war cottages on the older streets to post-war infill and 1960s flats around the town centre. Asbestos here is usually in eaves, garages and the outbuildings that bush blocks accumulate.
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Asbestos in Hornsby homes
Hornsby combines inter-war and immediate post-war cottages with 1950s and 1960s infill housing and walk-up flats near the town centre. Asbestos cement was used across all of these for eaves lining, laundry and bathroom sheeting, garages and sheds, and the treed sloping blocks typical of the area mean many properties also carry sub-floor storage and retaining structures built in the same material.
Older walk-up flats around the Hornsby centre are a category of their own. Common property, multiple owners and a strata committee mean a removal has to be organised rather than simply booked.
We can provide the scope and method statement an owners corporation needs to approve the work, which is usually the step that holds these jobs up rather than the removal itself.
Where it turns up locally
- Fibro sheeting on walls, eaves and garages
- Corrugated asbestos-cement roofing and sheds
- Asbestos-cement fencing along boundaries
- Vinyl floor tiles and their backing adhesive
Disposal
Asbestos waste from Hornsby has to go to a facility lawfully licensed to accept it. We transport to Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre in Terrey Hills — licensed to accept bonded asbestos when it is correctly double-wrapped You get the disposal documentation with your invoice.
Hornsby at a glance
- Postcode
- 2077
- Council
- Hornsby Shire Council
- Nearby
- Asquith, Normanhurst, Waitara, Hornsby Heights, Wahroonga
- Disposal
- Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre
Servicing Hornsby
We service Hornsby NSW 2077 and the surrounding area.
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What we remove in Hornsby
Asbestos removal
Bonded and friable asbestos removed by SafeWork NSW licensed removalists, with sealed transport and lawful disposal documentation on every job.
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Asbestos removed from homes, garages, sheds, eaves and bathrooms, with the site left clean and the disposal documented.
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Corrugated asbestos-cement roofing removed and replaced in the one job, so the building is watertight the same day.
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On-site identification, asbestos registers and surveys, clearance and air monitoring, carried out by a licensed asbestos assessor we refer you to.
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We refer you to a licensed asbestos assessor, who takes the sample safely. A NATA-accredited laboratory analyses it under AS 4964-2004, and you get the result in writing.
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Asbestos removal in Hornsby — common questions
Do I get documentation showing it was disposed of properly?
Yes. Asbestos is a regulated waste stream in NSW, so it has to be wrapped, labelled, transported and received at a facility licensed to accept it. You receive the disposal documentation with your invoice. On friable or Class A work you also receive the clearance certificate issued by a licensed asbestos assessor.
How do I know for certain whether it is asbestos?
You cannot tell for certain by looking at it, and neither can we. Only a NATA-accredited laboratory can confirm the presence of asbestos, by analysing a sample under AS 4964-2004. We refer you to a licensed asbestos assessor, who collects the sample safely and has it analysed, and you get the laboratory's written result. Be wary of anyone offering an instant on-site result — that is an opinion, not an analysis.
How long does asbestos removal take?
Most residential jobs are done in a single day. A garage roof or a fence run is usually a few hours; a full house strip-out or friable removal with air monitoring and a clearance certificate takes longer, because the area has to stay isolated until the clearance is issued. We give you a realistic timeframe with the quote rather than after the job starts.
Is there likely to be asbestos in my home?
If your home was built or renovated before the late 1980s, it is likely to contain asbestos somewhere. In Sydney the usual places are fibro wall and ceiling sheeting, eaves, corrugated roofing on garages and sheds, boundary fencing, and the backing under old vinyl floor tiles. Bonded asbestos that is intact and undisturbed is generally stable — the risk comes from breaking, cutting, drilling or weathering it.
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Need asbestos removed in Hornsby?
Do not touch it, break it or sweep it up. Send us a photo from a safe distance and we will tell you what you are looking at and what it costs to remove.
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