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Penrith City Council · Western Sydney

Asbestos Removal Penrith

Servicing St Marys, Emu Plains, Kingswood, Colyton & South Penrith, and the rest of the Penrith City Council area.

Penrith City was built out in distinct waves — the St Marys munitions-era housing of the 1940s, the Kingswood and Cambridge Park expansion of the 1950s and 1960s, and the Cranebrook and Colyton estates of the 1970s. Every one of those waves used asbestos cement somewhere, and the further west you go the more of it is still in place.

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What we see across Penrith

  • St Marys and North St Marys hold some of the oldest surviving fibro cottages in western Sydney, built around the wartime munitions works and never comprehensively redeveloped.
  • The 1970s estates through Cranebrook and Werrington used asbestos-cement eaves lining and garage sheeting even where the walls themselves are brick.
  • Detached fibro garages and rear sheds are the single most common item we remove in this LGA, usually alongside a run of boundary fencing.
  • Waste goes to the licensed landfill at Kemps Creek, which is a short run from most of the LGA.

Penrith blocks are large by Sydney standards, and large blocks accumulate structures — a garage, a shed, a carport, a run of fencing, sometimes a granny flat. On a 1960s or 1970s property here it is normal to find asbestos cement in three or four separate places rather than one.

We price the whole property rather than just the single item you called about, so you are not paying for a second mobilisation when the fence turns out to be fibro as well.

A post-war fibro cottage — the housing type most common across the Penrith City Council area.
A post-war fibro cottage, of the kind found across the Penrith City Council area.

Suburbs we service in Penrith

Asbestos services across Penrith

Common questions

Can I remove asbestos myself?

We do not advise it and we do not publish instructions for it. NSW law restricts how much bonded asbestos an unlicensed person may remove, and any friable asbestos is licensed work regardless of quantity. Beyond the legal position, most of the exposure risk in a DIY removal comes from breaking the material and cleaning up afterwards — the two things people get wrong. SafeWork NSW publishes the current rules.

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.

Does the quote include disposal, or is that extra?

Ours includes it, and any quote you compare it against should say so explicitly. Asbestos is a regulated waste stream in NSW: it has to be received at a facility lawfully licensed to accept asbestos, and those facilities charge by the tonne on top of the NSW waste levy. A quote that leaves disposal out is either burying it elsewhere in the price or is not planning to dispose of the waste lawfully. Ask for the disposal line to be itemised before you accept anything.

How do I check that an asbestos removalist is actually licensed?

Ask for the name of the entity that holds the licence — which is not always the trading name on the van — and search it yourself on the NSW public licence register at verify.licence.nsw.gov.au. It is free, it takes about a minute, and it shows the licence class and its status. Two things to check beyond the fact a licence exists: that it is current, and that its class actually covers the work you are asking for.

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.

How much asbestos can be removed in NSW without a licence?

Under the NSW work health and safety regulation, an unlicensed person may remove up to 10 square metres of non-friable (bonded) asbestos in total — and the 10 square metres is cumulative, so it cannot be split across several small jobs. Anything above that requires at least a Class B asbestos removal licence, and friable asbestos in any quantity requires a Class A licence. SafeWork NSW recommends using a licensed removalist for any amount. We do not publish removal instructions and we do not recommend DIY removal.

Who is allowed to issue the clearance certificate?

For friable (Class A) removal, the clearance certificate must come from a licensed asbestos assessor who is independent of the business that did the removal — SafeWork NSW treats an existing working relationship as a conflict that disqualifies independence. The same assessor carries out the air monitoring, and the enclosure cannot be dismantled until measured fibre levels are below 0.01 fibres per millilitre. For non-friable removal, a clearance can be issued by either a competent person or a licensed assessor.

Asbestos removal across Penrith

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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