Asbestos Removal Northmead
Northmead is 1960s and 1970s brick-veneer family housing on wide streets north of Parramatta. The walls are brick; almost everything cheap around them is not.
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Asbestos in Northmead homes
Northmead was built out predominantly in the 1960s and 1970s as detached brick-veneer housing, which leads owners to assume the property is asbestos-free. In practice the eaves lining, the garage and carport sheeting, the laundry and bathroom linings and the boundary fencing on homes of this era were all commonly asbestos cement, sitting alongside brickwork that contains none.
Eaves are the Northmead job. They come up when a roof is being replaced or gutters are being renewed, and the roofer will not touch them because the sheeting has to be removed by someone licensed to do it.
That is a half-day job on a typical house here, and it is far cheaper to schedule it before the roofing crew arrives than to have them stand down while it gets sorted.
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 Northmead has to go to a facility lawfully licensed to accept it. We transport to BINGO Eastern Creek Recycling Centre in Eastern Creek — an EPA-licensed facility that accepts wrapped asbestos waste You get the disposal documentation with your invoice.
Northmead at a glance
- Postcode
- 2152
- Council
- City of Parramatta Council
- Nearby
- Parramatta, North Parramatta, Winston Hills, Baulkham Hills, Toongabbie
- Disposal
- BINGO Eastern Creek Recycling Centre
Servicing Northmead
We service Northmead NSW 2152 and the surrounding area.
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What we remove in Northmead
Asbestos removal
Bonded and friable asbestos removed by SafeWork NSW licensed removalists, with sealed transport and lawful disposal documentation on every job.
View asbestos removal →Residential removal
Asbestos removed from homes, garages, sheds, eaves and bathrooms, with the site left clean and the disposal documented.
View residential removal →Fence removal
Asbestos-cement boundary fencing removed cleanly, including posts and buried offcuts, with replacement fencing available.
View fence removal →Roof removal
Corrugated asbestos-cement roofing removed and replaced in the one job, so the building is watertight the same day.
View roof removal →Asbestos testing
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 Northmead — 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 Northmead?
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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