High-level and low-level cisterns in black or dark grey reinforced material were fitted throughout mid-century Croydon housing, and large numbers survive in ex-council flats, unmodernised terraces and rental stock. Fitters meet them weekly.
We isolate and drain the cistern, disconnect the plumbing, and remove the unit intact: wrapped, bagged and consigned like any other asbestos product. Your fitter walks into a clean room with the paperwork already done.
Same-visit removal of panels, boards or pipe sections
Ideal as day one of a bathroom renovation
From photo triage to consignment note, the cistern is out and the room is handed over clean before your fitter arrives.
Photo triage usually settles it; the survey confirms the cistern and sweeps the bathroom for companion materials so nothing surfaces mid-refit.
One written figure covering plumbing disconnection, removal, disposal and consignment note. Small enough to book fast, documented like everything else.
Water off, cistern drained and unbolted, removed in one piece and double-bagged in the room. No hammers, no fragments, no dust.
Waste consigned, note issued, water safely capped; the refit starts the same day if you want it to.
Isolation and disconnection included, not left "for your plumber".
Panels, boards and black pipework spotted before they ambush the refit.
Small jobs slot into the diary fast because refits can't wait.
Disposal paperwork for the compliance file and the next tenancy pack.
FAQS
Black or dark reinforced cisterns from roughly the 1950s–70s are the classic candidates, and the safe rule is to presume rather than test-by-smashing. Send us a photo; identification is usually possible the same day, with sampling available where genuinely ambiguous.
Not lawfully or safely if it’s asbestos; breaking it releases fibre into the one room in the house you can’t avoid using. Removal takes us a short visit and hands your fitter a clean, documented start.
Yes, and it’s priced like the small job it is. The consignment note alone matters: it’s the difference between a compliant renovation and hazardous waste with no legal trail, which surfaces at exactly the wrong moment in sales and tenancy audits.
Bath panels, boxing around pipes, ceiling boards, textured coatings, vinyl floor tiles and black soil or flue pipes are all regulars of the era. Our survey sweep covers the room so the refit runs on one price, not a series of nasty discoveries.
Minutes to hours, not days; we isolate locally, remove, and cap safely. If your new suite is being fitted the same day, supply is simply handed over to your installer.
The asbestos elements leave with us as licensed waste. Standard ceramic and non-asbestos items are your fitter’s normal strip-out; though we’re happy to advise what’s what before anyone starts swinging.
It sits at the small end of our price list and it’s fixed in writing like everything else; disconnection, removal, disposal and consignment note in one modest figure confirmed from your photo and postcode, then verified at survey.
Both. Wall-mounted high-level units with their pipework and the low-level type behind later suites each come out whole, drained and wrapped, with any companion materials in the room flagged while we’re there.
Everywhere: ex-council stock in New Addington, conversions in SE19, terraces in CR7 and everything between. Small job, full coverage, same paperwork.
Questions about a job or a quote? Email the team directly.
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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.
