Ceiling and floor removal

Taking a ceiling down is the dirtiest job in a refurbishment and the one people most often underestimate. An old lath and plaster ceiling comes down as a room full of dust, broken plaster and lath, with decades of loft insulation and whatever else has been sitting above it, and it fills more bags than anyone expects. A floor is the opposite problem: carpets, underlay, laminate, vinyl and tiles that have to be cut, rolled or chipped up before they will go anywhere. We do both, and the room is left back to the joists or the boards with every bag loaded and taken away. It is priced from £299, quoted in writing from photos or a visit, and the price includes the waste, which on a ceiling job is most of the cost. If the building is older and there is any chance of asbestos in an artex ceiling or old floor tiles, the survey comes first, because asbestos is the one thing we cannot take. Textured ceilings and old floor tiles in older buildings can contain asbestos. Get them tested first. If they contain it, a licensed specialist removes them, not us. Carpets coming up during a house clearance are part of the clearance price. On their own, they are priced here. Anything that can be used again goes to local charities and to people who are homeless, and what can be recycled is recycled.