Suspended ceilings in older offices and shops, ex-council homes and post-war garages often contain AIB or asbestos cement board. They look similar but have different removal rules, so identification comes first.
A sample identifies the board and dictates the method. We remove cement board ceilings ourselves, while licensed AIB removal is managed under the correct arrangements, all within one contract.
Sealed enclosures, protected floors
Voids inspected, debris cleared
Sample first, correct category stated plainly, sealed removal, tested handback. One fixed price covers the board, the void above it and the paperwork at the end.
Board type confirmed by UKAS-accredited lab analysis; work category (non-licensed, NNLW or licensed) stated plainly in your quote.
One written figure covering enclosure, removal, void clean, waste and documentation and where required, independent air testing.
Room sealed and floors protected; boards taken down whole where fixings allow, wrapped at height, never dropped. Void debris vacuumed with H-type equipment.
Reassurance or clearance air testing as the category requires, waste consigned, paperwork issued ceiling ready for reboarding.
If it's licensed work, we say so and price it correctly rather than bending the rules.
Decades of dust and offcuts above the tiles are cleared, not resealed.
Plaster boarders and electricians booked straight behind us if you want them.
Written results where testing applies, filed with your completion pack.
FAQS
Age and building type raise suspicion; only a lab sample confirms it. Pre-2000 suspended grids and boarded ceilings should be treated as suspect so we can sample discreetly and return written results within days.
AIB contains a higher proportion of loosely-bound fibre, so it releases far more easily and most work on it is licensed. Cement board locks fibre tightly and usually sits in the non-licensed/NNLW categories. Same looking ceiling, very different rulebook which is exactly why we test first.
Usually yes. The work area is sealed and independently ventilated, and the rest of the home stays accessible. For licensed AIB work, we’ll walk you through the specific controls and timings before anything starts.
Stop work in that room, close it off, don’t clean up, and call us. We’ll advise straight away, arrange sampling and air testing where warranted, and set out next steps in writing so the project restarts on evidence rather than hope.
We take the ceiling to a clean, cleared, documented state; reboarding is a separate trade we’re happy to sequence for you. Some clients prefer their own plasterer either way, the handover is trade-ready.
Yes, and it matters that voids often hold offcuts and decades of contaminated dust. We inspect, H-type vacuum and clear the void as part of the fixed price, because a clean ceiling under a dirty void isn’t a finished job.
Wherever the work category requires it, licensed AIB work always concludes with independent clearance and as an optional reassurance test on non-licensed jobs where you’d value the certificate. Your quote states which applies.
Usually a single day including the void clean and clean-down for a domestic room; commercial grids phase by area. The written programme sits alongside the price so trades can be booked behind us with confidence.
All of them, plus the bordering SE25, SE19 and SW16 streets, houses, flats, shops and offices alike. Category and containment stay identical wherever the ceiling is.
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Send us your postcode and a description of the material you’ve found. A surveyor will be with you the same week, and your fixed written price follows within 48 hours.
