Managing asbestos roofs across Warwickshire starts with the law
Whoever controls maintenance of a non-domestic building in Warwickshire carries a duty to manage asbestos under Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012: identify the material, assess its condition, keep a written record and manage the risk. We know that a well-executed asbestos roof encapsulation can be the right choice, sealing, recording, and monitoring sound asbestos cement in place, all within your existing management plan. You don’t always need to remove it.
Where asbestos cement roofing sits across Warwickshire
Warwickshire pairs automotive and logistics industry with rich farmland. Asbestos cement roofs sit across the Nuneaton and Rugby industrial estates, the units around Leamington, the M6 and M40 distribution parks, and the agricultural buildings of the Avon valley.
We see a lot of these roofs now. They were built for a thirty-year life and many have long outrun it. That’s why you find them porous, covered in moss, and leaking at the fixings, even when the sheets themselves are still sound.
Encapsulation, repair or removal: the honest choice
Where the substrate is suitable, we think encapsulation is the responsible route. We’ll survey the roof in detail, clean it properly without releasing fibres or walking the sheets, repair any damage, then overcoat it with a system designed for asbestos cement. You end up with a bound, watertight surface and a renewed service life. The building stays in use, and it costs a fraction of ripping the whole thing off and replacing it.
Asbestos cement sheets around Warwickshire chalk and grow moss long before they fail. An encapsulating paint coat on surveyed sheets keeps the weather out and the fibres in.
When we will tell you to remove instead
Not every roof is a candidate for coating. We won’t pretend otherwise; it doesn’t help anyone. If the sheets are friable, badly cracked, or holed, or if structural movement has compromised the roof, then coating isn’t the answer. And remember, we only encapsulate asbestos cement. If you’ve got licensable materials like insulation board, lagging, or sprayed coatings, those need to go to an HSE-licensed contractor. We’ll always tell you upfront if removal is the right path for your building.
Survey-led across Warwickshire
We survey commercial, industrial, managed and agricultural buildings across the county, including Nuneaton, Rugby, Warwick, Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon. Our approach is the same for every building we look at:
- We’ll give you a full condition survey of sheets, fixings, rooflights, gutters and the structure.
- You’ll get a photographic record for your asbestos management plan.
- We’ll provide a clear, written recommendation: encapsulate, repair first, or advise referral for removal.
- A specification and price only if coating is genuinely the right thing to do.
- We’ll carry out any work under controlled, documented conditions.
If you’ve got a building in your portfolio from the 1960s to the 1980s and its roof hasn’t been assessed, a free asbestos roof encapsulation survey will answer both the compliance and cost questions in one go.
We carry out asbestos roof encapsulation on commercial, industrial and agricultural buildings across Warwickshire. To see how we survey and assess each roof before recommending a route, read about our Asbestos Roof Encapsulation service, or request a free site survey.
Recently — July 2026
Recent enquiries here have been a mix of metal industrial roofs, profiled cladding and ageing asbestos-cement sheets, all assessed on a free site survey before anything is specified.
With surfaces staying dry for longer, summer lets us prepare and coat a roof in a single planned visit rather than working around showers.
