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Asbestos Removal & Surveys in Somerset

South West · 18 towns & cities covered

Asbestos work arranged across Somerset, for homes, landlords and businesses alike.

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Asbestos Specialists Across Somerset

Aircraft building at Yeovil and the chemical and cellophane works at Bridgwater used a lot of asbestos for heat and fire protection.

The county mixes older stone buildings with post-war estates around Taunton, Bridgwater and Weston-super-Mare. Asbestos cement is common on rural outbuildings.

Bath's Georgian centre is older than asbestos itself, but the suburbs around it and the towns across the Levels are not. Around Bridgwater, Yeovil and Weston-super-Mare, it's the post-war housing and the industrial sites where asbestos is most often found.

Somerset has around 463,800 properties, and about 77.7% of them were built before the 1999 asbestos ban, the biggest share of those in the 1965 to 1982 period. What decides the risk is whether anything is disturbed, so intact material left alone is usually the lower-risk option.

The most common property type in Somerset is terraced houses, at about 23.9% of the stock, followed by semi-detached houses at 22.8%. In terraced housing built before the ban, extensions, outbuildings and replacement roofs are where asbestos cement and insulating board most often turn up.

Map of Somerset and the surrounding area© OpenStreetMap contributors

Where We Cover in Somerset

We arrange asbestos work in all 18 towns and cities across Somerset, and in the villages around them. HSE-licensed contractors always do the licensable work, as the law requires.

That includes Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Taunton, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Portishead, Frome, Burnham-on-Sea, Clevedon, Nailsea, Keynsham, Chard, Midsomer Norton, Street, Minehead, Wells, Shepton Mallet and Yatton, and the villages and hamlets around them.

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How it works in Somerset

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  • Covering all of Somerset
  • HSE-licensed work
  • Free county-wide quote
  • Compliant disposal

Managing & Disposing of Asbestos in Somerset

It applies to business premises, public buildings and the shared parts of blocks of flats right across Somerset. What the duty to manage requires is set out in full in our guide for landlords and businesses.

Disposing of asbestos in Somerset

Somerset accepts cement-bonded sheet asbestos from the home at seven recycling sites: Bridgwater (Saltlands), Frome, Highbridge, Minehead, Street, Taunton (Priorswood) and Yeovil. Each household can bring up to eight 50-litre sacks of construction waste (asbestos included) free each month across up to four visits, with extra asbestos charged at £19.30 per sheet (card only, not cash), and pre-booking required. It must be securely double-bagged or wrapped in plastic (clear heavy-duty if possible) and sealed, with no holes, rips or tears, or it will be refused; staff cannot help unload. Some vehicles and trailers need a free permit, available to Somerset residents only, and Bridgwater does not allow access on foot. You must take your own waste: if it is brought by someone you are paying to do the work it is classed as commercial waste and is refused or charged. A separate paid home collection is available: £352.20 per load (up to one tonne) plus £18.90 per sheet or sack, until 31 March 2027. (council source, verified 2026-10-10)

Check the site's own page before you travel. Recycling centres are often closed on set weekdays, and often set extra rules for vans, pick-ups, trailers and visitors on foot, such as permits, size limits or no access on foot.

Asbestos waste is classed as hazardous (special) waste.So there are rules on how it's wrapped, labelled, carried and recorded. We set them out in full in our disposal guide.

Councils across Somerset set their own rules for households. When we arrange the work, disposal is handled for you. For the rules where you live, see our asbestos disposal by council lookup, or check typical prices in the UK asbestos removal cost report.

Asbestos Guides for Somerset

The largest group of homes in Somerset is terraced houses, and of the homes built before 2000 the largest group went up between 1965 and 1982. Terraced housing tends to throw up the same short list of materials, mostly in the ceilings and in whatever was added at the back later.

Asbestos in Somerset: Common Questions

Where can I dispose of asbestos in Somerset?
Through Somerset, under its own rules on amount, wrapping and booking, which you'll find above. When we arrange the work, it's taken to a permitted site for you instead.
Does Somerset charge to dispose of asbestos?
Yes, at least in part. Somerset doesn't take all asbestos for free. The price depends on how much there is and how it's wrapped. The figures above are from the council's own guidance. Councils change their rates, so check before you travel.
Which parts of Somerset do you cover?
All of it. We arrange asbestos work in 18 towns and cities across Somerset, including Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Taunton and Yeovil, and in the villages around them. Wherever you are in the county, licensable work is done by HSE-licensed contractors.
Is asbestos likely in a Somerset property?
Around 77.7% of properties in Somerset (360,590 of 463,800) were built before 2000. Asbestos wasn't fully banned in the UK until 1999, so much of the county's housing dates from when it was still in use. Of those, the largest group was built between 1965 and 1982. That tells you nothing about one property. Only a survey or a lab test can show what's there. Figures: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties 2026, table CTSOP4.0 (31 March 2026).
Does my property contain asbestos?
If your property was built or refurbished before 2000, it may well contain asbestos. It wasn't fully banned in the UK until 1999. It often turns up in roof sheets, textured coatings like Artex, floor tiles, pipe lagging and insulation board. The only reliable way to know for sure is a professional survey.

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