Demolition and Asbestos

Very early on we had an asbestos survey done (which makes a real mess if you live in the house) and there were some nasties in the garage ceiling that were H&SE notifiable (i.e. not DIY!!!) and some rain goods that were pretty benign. So we decided to get one contractor to do both asbestos removal and demolition.

Having the services disconnected first we then started and luckily we had a fantastic contractor: recycled 90% of the building, soft stripped and source separated on site, was neat, tidy and safety conscious and did a quick job. So quick in fact that we almost missed the final ‘push over’ and arrived on site just in time to see the final gable go over.

We were fretting about site clearance and the jungle of a garden – amazing what a big digger can do! We arrived at 9:00 on the first day to find most of the vegetation stripped to ground level and loaded into a truck – perfect! Notice where the solar panels were – removed and carefully stored to go back on the new build .

Having bought the bungalow with the intention of rebuild there were no regrets to see it as a pile of rubble – just relief that finally we were going ahead with no return path – a wonderful feeling.

Having removed the bungalow the site looked huge – but the reality is that when it comes to building it is really tight with little room to manoeuvre.