Asbestos Removal St Marys
St Marys holds some of the oldest surviving fibro housing in western Sydney. The suburb expanded around the wartime munitions works of the 1940s, and much of that housing was built in asbestos cement from the start.
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Asbestos in St Marys homes
St Marys grew rapidly around the wartime munitions establishment in the 1940s, producing a large stock of small, quickly built cottages clad in asbestos-cement sheet with timber cover strips. Because that stock was never comprehensively redeveloped, whole-house sheet cladding remains common here, and the material is now eighty years old and frequently cracked at the fixings.
Age is what sets St Marys apart. Eighty-year-old asbestos cement has been through decades of thermal movement, and the sheets are usually cracked around every nail and screw.
That condition changes the method. Sheeting in this state cannot be handled the way sound material is, and it is the clearest possible case against pulling it off yourself with a crowbar.
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 St Marys has to go to a facility lawfully licensed to accept it. We transport to Elizabeth Drive Landfill in Kemps Creek — an EPA-licensed landfill that accepts correctly wrapped asbestos waste You get the disposal documentation with your invoice.
St Marys at a glance
- Postcode
- 2760
- Council
- Penrith City Council
- Nearby
- North St Marys, Oxley Park, Colyton, Werrington, Ropes Crossing
- Disposal
- Elizabeth Drive Landfill
Servicing St Marys
We service St Marys NSW 2760 and the surrounding area.
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What we remove in St Marys
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.
View residential removal →Demolition
House and commercial demolition and internal strip-outs, with any asbestos removed under licence before demolition starts.
View demolition →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 St Marys — 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 St Marys?
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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