Asbestos Roof Removal Brisbane
Licensed removal of asbestos cement roofs, gutters and eaves on homes, sheds, commercial and government buildings across Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich and Moreton Bay. Sheets come off whole and wet, leave wrapped with disposal dockets, and the roof is cleared and handed to your roofer on the agreed date.
What Is Asbestos Roof Removal?
Asbestos roof removal is the licensed stripping of asbestos cement roofing, the corrugated grey "fibro" or "super six" sheets fitted to most Queensland homes, sheds, garages and commercial buildings between the 1940s and the late 1980s, so a new roof can go on. Done properly, each sheet is kept wet, unscrewed and lifted off whole rather than broken, wrapped on the ground, and taken to a licensed facility, with an exclusion zone around the building and a clearance inspection before anyone else works on the roof.
Total Asbestos is a Class A licensed asbestos removal contractor based in Acacia Ridge, and a Class A licence covers both friable and bonded (non-friable) asbestos. We remove roofs for homeowners who are re-roofing, for roofing contractors who need the old roof gone and cleared by a fixed date, and for builders, body corporates and government sites. We lodge the required notification with Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, supply the waste disposal dockets and arrange the hygienist clearance, so the handover to your roofer is clean and documented.
Who it’s for
- Homeowners replacing a corrugated asbestos roof, garage, carport or shed roof
- Roofing contractors who want the asbestos stage removed, cleared and handed over on a set date
- Builders, property managers and body corporates with commercial or unit-block roofs
- Government and industrial sites needing documented, compliant removal, including regionally
How We Remove an Asbestos Roof
Five stages from the first look at your roof to a cleared handover, with the paperwork your roofer, insurer or council will ask for.
Inspect & Quote
We look at the roof, the access, the height and what sits underneath, confirm the material (a lab test if you are unsure) and give you a fixed quote with a date that suits your roofer.
Notify & Set Up
We lodge the WHSQ notification, set up the exclusion zone with bunting and signage, and organise safe roof access: edge protection, scaffold or a scissor lift depending on the building.
Wet, Unfix, Lift Whole
Sheets are kept wet to suppress dust, fixings are removed and each sheet is lifted off whole and lowered to the ground. No cutting, breaking or dropping.
Wrap & Dispose
Sheets are stacked, wrapped and sealed in plastic, loaded on our own trucks and taken to a licensed facility. You receive the disposal dockets for every load.
Clear & Hand Over
Battens and gutters are cleaned down, the site is inspected and cleared, and the roof is handed to your roofing contractor, often the same or next day.
Asbestos Roof Removal and Replacement: How It Fits Together
We are the asbestos stage of a roof replacement, not the roofer. That is deliberate: a licensed removalist and a roofing contractor working to one program is the safest and usually the cheapest way to replace an asbestos roof in Brisbane. Two ways it happens:
- You already have a roofer. Give us their start date. We strip and clear the roof the day before, or the morning of, and they follow straight on. Many roofing companies engage us directly for exactly this.
- You have not chosen a roofer yet. We quote the removal on its own so you can compare re-roofing quotes without the asbestos cost hidden inside them, and we will tell you what the roofer will need to know about the battens and the timber underneath.
On a 730 m² government building in Maryborough, Roof Pro booked us for the removal, our eight-person crew stayed overnight to finish in two days, the hygienist cleared the site and Roof Pro started the new roof on the agreed date. The same sequence works on a three-bedroom house in Aspley or a shed in Logan, just faster.
Gutters, eaves, downpipes and sheds
Asbestos roofs rarely come alone. Gutters may be asbestos cement or full of asbestos dust, eave linings are often fibro, and the old shed or carport usually matches the house. We quote these together so nothing asbestos is left for the roofer or the plumber to disturb.
What’s Included in Our Roof Removal Service
- Site inspection, material confirmation and a fixed written quote
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland notification for licensed removal work
- Exclusion zone, asbestos bunting and signage; neighbours advised where needed
- Safe access: edge protection, scaffold or scissor lift to suit the building
- Sheets kept wet, removed whole, wrapped and sealed; gutters and battens cleaned down
- Licensed disposal on our own trucks with a disposal docket for every load
- Air monitoring where required and hygienist clearance before handover
Recent Roof Removal Project
Real photos, real numbers, from a job we did for a roofing contractor.
Maryborough: 730 m² Asbestos Roof Removed in Two Days
An unoccupied government building, a scissor lift, an eight-person crew staying overnight, sheets kept wet, air monitoring within limits and handover to Roof Pro on the agreed date.
Kenmore Village: Friable Ceiling Removed Overnight
Under the roof rather than on it: 100 m² of friable low-density ceiling out of a shopping centre tenancy in one night.
More Case Studies
Soil remediation from 30 to 3,100 tonnes, friable removal and commercial roofs, with photos, tonnages and timeframes.
Asbestos Roof Removal Across Greater Brisbane and Beyond
Our crews and trucks leave Acacia Ridge six days a week. For larger commercial and government roofs we travel regionally and stay on site, as we did in Maryborough.
Northside: Chermside, Aspley, Stafford, Kedron, Nundah, Zillmere, Bracken Ridge, Sandgate, Albany Creek, Strathpine, Petrie, North Lakes, Redcliffe, Burpengary and Caboolture. Southside and Logan: Moorooka, Acacia Ridge, Sunnybank, Mount Gravatt, Browns Plains, Marsden, Springwood and Beenleigh. East and west: Wakerley, Manly, Capalaba, Kenmore, Indooroopilly and Ipswich. Not listed? Get in touch, we cover all of South East Queensland.
On the Roof
Photos from the Maryborough commercial asbestos roof removal.
Asbestos Roof Removal FAQs
It is priced per job, driven by roof area, pitch and height, how the sheets are fixed, access for a truck and a lift or scaffold, and disposal, which licensed facilities charge by weight. Gutters, eaves and a shed roof add to it. A typical single-storey house roof is a one-day job; a large commercial roof is priced on its own program. We give a fixed written quote after a site visit rather than a rate over the phone. See our asbestos removal cost guide for the general factors.
Not legally, in practice. Queensland allows an unlicensed person to remove no more than 10 square metres of bonded asbestos, and any roof is many times that. Roof removal also combines the two things that make asbestos work dangerous: weathered sheets that shed fibres when they break, and working at height. Licensed removal above that threshold must be notified to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland before it starts, which we do for you.
We do the asbestos removal, clean-down, disposal and clearance, then hand the roof to your roofing contractor. If you already have a roofer, we work to their date. If you do not, we quote the removal on its own so you can compare re-roofing quotes cleanly. Roofing companies also engage us directly; the Maryborough case study is a typical example.
Most house, garage and shed roofs are done in a day, with the roofer able to start the next morning. Larger roofs are resourced to a program: in Maryborough an eight-person crew removed 730 square metres of asbestos roofing from a government building in two days, including the hygienist’s clearance.
Usually yes. The sheets are kept wet and lifted off whole, the work zone around the house is fenced and signed, and you simply stay out of that zone while the crew is on the roof. If your ceiling is unlined or the layout means dust could enter living areas, we will tell you at the quote and plan the day so you are out while that section is removed.
They are stacked, wrapped and sealed in plastic on the ground, loaded on our own trucks and taken to a facility licensed to receive asbestos waste. You get a disposal docket for every load, which is what councils, insurers and body corporates ask for.
An intact, undisturbed asbestos roof is not an immediate hazard, and coating can slow weathering for a while. But every asbestos cement roof in Brisbane is now decades past its design life: sheets crack, fixings rust, and gutters fill with asbestos-laden dust. Coating is a delay, not a fix, and the roof must never be high-pressure cleaned. Removal and replacement is the only permanent answer, and it is cheaper to do it planned than after a storm.
If the house or shed was built or roofed before 1990 and the roof is grey corrugated cement sheeting, it is very likely asbestos and we can quote on that basis. If you are unsure, or a buyer, insurer or roofer wants proof, we take a sample for NATA-accredited laboratory testing first.
Yes, and they are the most common small roof job we do. A single garage or shed roof is usually half a day. If the walls are fibro as well we can take the whole structure down as one asbestos-contaminated demolition.
Get a Free Roof Removal Quote
Tell us the address, roughly what size the roof is and when your roofer wants to start. We will inspect, confirm the material and give you a fixed quote with a date.
(07) 3151 0312
49 Loam Street, Acacia Ridge QLD 4110
Monday to Saturday, 6:30am to 5pm