Asbestos Removal in Yorkshire

Based in West Yorkshire, we are ideally situated to remove asbestos in the entire county of Yorkshire.

Our head office is situated in Liversedge, West Yorkshire, which is only five miles from the M62 motorway, making BLS Asbestos ideally placed to quickly access key areas across the county including - 

• Bradford
• Castleford
• Halifax
• Huddersfield
• Leeds
• Sheffield
• Middlesbrough
• Wakefield
• York

The above towns and cities are key commercial areas across Yorkshire for retail, manufacturing and the construction sector, where speedy and thorough asbestos removal work needs to be carried out to the highest of standards.

BLS Asbestos provide asbestos removal work for a wide range of sectors, which you can read more about here.

Where are you likely to find asbestos?

Asbestos can still be found in many products across Yorkshire, with any building built before the year 2000 having a chance of containing asbestos. 

The types of materials where you might find asbestos are listed below - 

• Asbestos cloth, rope and string
• Asbestos cement sheets and roof tiles
• Wallboards
• Ceiling Tiles
• Ovens and furnaces
• Floor Tiles
• Mastics and sealants
• Toilet cisterns
• Posts and fencing
• Planters

For more information on where you can find asbestos, read our FAQs page. We highly recommend getting in touch with us if you suspect a product could be an asbestos containing material, as we can provide an asbestos survey and then arrange for the asbestos to be safely removed from the property.

Staff training

We strongly believe in the training of our staff, so you can be safe in the knowledge that if you need asbestos removing from your property, our staff are trained in all areas of asbestos removal, in addition to the following areas - 

• First aid
• CSCS trained
• PASMA trained for the safe erection, movement and collapsing of scaffolding towers
• IPAF trained for the safe use of cherry pickers and scissor lifts

Accreditations

• We hold a full three year licence awarded to us by the Health and Safety Executive, to work with asbestos insulation and asbestos insulation board for the purpose of removal.
• BLS Asbestos hold a licence to transport hazardous waste, which has been presented to us by the Environment Agency. 
• We are a full member of ARCA (Asbestos Removal Contractors Association), in which we hold their Site Audit Accreditation Scheme.
• We hold the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme accreditation.
• We have passed the PAS 91 questionnaire, which verifies us a Constructionline member.

For more information on our accreditations, please read this page. 

Case studies

We have worked extensively across Yorkshire removing asbestos. Click the links below for more information -

• Asbestos removal from Nestle’s Halifax site
• Asbestos removal at a Leeds demolition site
• Asbestos removal at grade I listed building in West Yorkshire
• Asbestos removal contract for West Yorkshire school
• Asbestos removal from Leeds City College’s Technology Campus

If you would like more information or if you would like to discuss a particular asbestos removal project, then you can get in touch with us via the contact form on this page or via email at enq@blsasbestos.co.uk.