Asbestos Removal & Garage Roof Replacements in Sidmouth
Based just across the Exe estuary in Dawlish, our team regularly travels the A3052 into Sidmouth, Sidford, and the Sid Valley to strip out old asbestos cement roofs, clear hazardous tiles, and fit durable modern replacement roofs.
45+ years of trade experience • Free quotes • No deposit on jobs under £5,000
Detached garage upgraded with modern plastisol-coated steel profile sheeting and fresh white gable trims after safe asbestos sheet removal.
Working on Properties Around Sidmouth & the Sid Valley
Because Sidmouth sits right on the Lyme Bay coast, outbuildings and detached garages here take a heavy beating from salt air, winter gales, and driving rain. Many of the post-war bungalows and detached homes around Woolbrook, Sidford, and Alexandria Road still have their original corrugated asbestos cement garage roofs. After forty or fifty years of coastal weather, those sheets turn porous, grow thick moss that holds damp against the timber purlins, and start cracking around the hook-bolts.
We make the trip over from our Dawlish yard several times a month. Being about 40 minutes away via Clyst St Mary and the A3052 means we can get the van and scaffolding trailer on site early, strip an average single or double garage roof, bag and seal all hazardous waste, and have a new weatherproof roof fitted before the end of the day.
Access, Parking & Coastal Conditions
Every street in Sidmouth brings slightly different access considerations, and we plan around them before we arrive:
- Narrow lanes and town-centre terraces: Around the older parts of town and Temple Street, rear lanes and shared driveways can be tight. We use compact long-wheelbase vans rather than oversized lorries so we can reverse right up to the garage door and load wrapped sheets straight into the back without blocking neighbours.
- Steep valley driveways: Up towards Peak Hill, Cotmaton, and Salcombe Regis, properties often sit on sloped plots with steps up to the garden. Our crew brings portable staging and sheet-handling gear to carry double-wrapped asbestos panels down safely without dragging anything through your house.
- Salt-air corrosion: Standard untreated fixings rust quickly near the seafront. When we rebuild a garage roof in Sidmouth, we use plastisol-coated steel profile sheets, treated timber battens, and corrosion-resistant tek screws with EPDM washers so the new roof shrugs off sea mist.
What a Typical Visit Looks Like
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Straightforward Quote (Photo or Site Visit) Send us a couple of photos and rough measurements on WhatsApp or email, or have us pop over when we are next in East Devon. We give you a fixed price with no deposit needed on jobs under £5,000.
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Safe Dampening & Unbolting On the day, our team puts on full RPE and disposable coveralls, lays heavy-duty polythene sheeting inside your garage to protect the floor, dampens the asbestos to stop fibre release, and unbolts the sheets whole rather than smashing them.
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New Roof Installed the Same Day If we are replacing the roof, we check and replace any rotten timber purlins, fit fresh corrugated metal or fibre-cement sheets, add translucent skylight panels if wanted, and finish with uPVC fascias and guttering.
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Licensed Transfer & Paperwork All asbestos is double-wrapped in UN-approved 1000-gauge polythene, taped, and taken straight to a licensed hazardous waste facility. You get the official Environment Agency consignment note for your property records.
Please note: We carry out physical asbestos removal, disposal, and roof replacement, but we do not provide testing or laboratory surveys.
Speak to the Team: 01752 936241Work We Carry Out in Sidmouth
Whether you are renovating a bungalow before moving in, clearing out a leaky garden workshop, or getting rid of old asbestos sheets stacked behind a shed, here are the core jobs we handle across the area:
Garage Roof Removal & Rebuilds
Complete strip-out of old corrugated asbestos cement sheets on single or double garages, workshops, and sheds, followed by a brand-new plastisol steel or modern profile roof.
Asbestos Collection & Disposal
Just need an old garage roof removed without a new one fitted, or have loose asbestos sheets, water tanks, and flue pipes sitting in the garden? We bag, collect, and issue full consignment paperwork.
Guttering & Soffit Removal
Safe dismantling of heavy, brittle asbestos cement gutters, downpipes, and soffit boards, with the option to fit clean white or black uPVC rainwater goods while our scaffolding is up.
Floor & Ceiling Tile Stripping
Lifting old 9-inch Marley thermoplastic floor tiles, bitumen adhesive, and asbestos ceiling panels inside kitchens, hallways, and utility extensions during home refurbishments.
Artex Ceiling & Wall Removal
Controlled removal of chrysotile-containing textured coatings from ceilings and walls, leaving your rooms clean and ready for your plasterer or electrician to crack on.
General Garage & Rubbish Clearance
If your garage is packed with decades of old timber, broken tools, and clutter under a leaky roof, our sister team can clear the contents at the same time as the roof job.
Why Homeowners in Sidmouth Use Our Team
Taking down an asbestos roof yourself—or letting a general handyman break it up into a skip—risks releasing fibres across your garden and leaves you without the legal hazardous waste paperwork needed when you eventually sell the house.
Because we are both time-served roofers and trained asbestos operatives, you do not have to coordinate two separate firms and hope the weather holds in between. We strip the toxic roof in the morning and bolt down the new steel or fibre-cement roof that same afternoon, leaving your driveway swept clean and your garage bone dry.
Nearby Towns We Also Cover
Alongside Sidmouth, Sidbury, and Newton Poppleford, our vans work right across East Devon and the wider county:
Need a Garage Roof Quote in Sidmouth?
Give us a ring between 9am and 5pm (or leave a message and we will call you straight back). We offer free, no-obligation quotes and charge zero deposit on all jobs under £5,000.