About us
Gippsland Asbestos Removal records asbestos jobs for homes across Gippsland. A WorkSafe-licensed removalist carries out the actual asbestos removal. We keep your job on file, and your details stay with us.
All asbestos removal work is carried out by WorkSafe-licensed removalists.
What you get
- Tell us about your job: a few photos, your suburb, roughly how big.
- We'll keep it on file, by town and material.
- No cost and no obligation to tell us about your job.
- No fee to you, ever.
- Honest guides on cost, disposal and the DIY rules, written for Gippsland, so you know what you're walking into before any quote.
What a listed removalist has to show
A current WorkSafe Victoria Class A or Class B asbestos removal licence, a prompt response once they take on your job, and a written quote that names the licence class, the WorkSafe notification, and where the waste is going. Those three things on the quote are what let you check the job before anyone starts, whether or not you found the removalist through this site.
Who runs it
Gippsland Asbestos Removal is a small Victorian business. We built this site because searching for a local removalist in Gippsland turns up directories, Melbourne firms and Facebook threads, and not much that tells you what the job actually involves here. The phone number is 03 5608 5503. Calls may be recorded; the privacy note says how recordings are kept and for how long. If you spot something on a town page that's out of date, tell us through the form and we'll fix it.
Why this site exists
Typing "asbestos removal Gippsland" into a search turns up Melbourne firms with a town name dropped into the heading, directories, and Facebook threads asking whether anyone knows a good asbestos bloke in Traralgon. None of them said what the job involves here, what a fair quote looks like, which tip takes the waste, or what the rules are for a homeowner. So this site does: a page for each area naming the local tip and the housing era, a cost guide built on the published 2026 ranges that says plainly Melbourne figures don't carry Gippsland travel, and the actual DIY rules rather than a vague "call a professional" line. Send us your job and we'll keep it on file; the removal itself is carried out by a WorkSafe-licensed removalist.
What happens when you send us your job
- You fill in the form (or phone the number on the page, though photos can only go through the form): your name, town, what the material is, roughly how big, how soon, and photos if you have them.
- Tell us about your job: photos, suburb, rough size.
- We keep it on file, by town and material.
- A removalist weighing up a town sees only counts by town and material, not your details.
- You decide. There's no obligation and no fee to you at any step, and whatever a removalist eventually quotes is their own price, arrived at after they've seen the job; we don't mark it up.
Your job stays on file, and your details stay with us.
If you get a quote from any removalist, a genuine one names four things: the area in square metres, the licence class, the WorkSafe notification and when it goes in, and where the waste is going.
Calls to the site's number may be recorded. We delete a registration, and any recording, within about 13 months of receiving it; the privacy note has the detail.
Checking a licence yourself
Don't take the word "licensed" on trust, including from this site. Any removalist listed on this site has agreed to give their licence class and number, which we check on WorkSafe Victoria's public register of asbestos removal licence holders before their name goes in the footer. You can do the same in a couple of minutes: search the register for the business name or the licence number from the quote, and check that the name matches any business quoting you and that the class covers the job. Class B covers bonded asbestos cement sheeting: fences, roofs, sheds, eaves, wall linings. Class A covers friable asbestos, such as pipe lagging, loose insulation and fire-damaged sheet that now crumbles, and may also do Class B work. If the quote says Class B and the job is friable, that's not the right licence, whatever the price. If the register doesn't show the name at all, ask why before anyone comes out. Checking costs you nothing and takes less time than reading this page; do it before any job starts, confirmed or not.
Why a local removalist, not a distant crew
Gippsland is a big place with a lot of driving in it. A Melbourne firm quoting a fence in Wonthaggi or a shed roof in Maffra is adding two hours of travel each way before a sheet comes down; ask how that travel is priced. A removalist who already works the Latrobe Valley, West Gippsland, the Bass Coast, Wellington or South Gippsland knows which tip takes the load, what the council wants at the gate, how the older housing in each town was built, and what the weather does to a wrapped stack left on a nature strip overnight. That's why the areas pages name the tips and the housing eras for each part of Gippsland rather than repeating a Melbourne price list.
It also means one point of contact, not several, and nobody chasing you to close a deal before someone else does. Here your job stays on file, and your details go no further than us.
What a licensed job on your property actually involves
Once a removalist takes on your job, the paperwork runs ahead of the sheets coming down. They lodge a WorkSafe notification before starting: at least five days ahead for friable material or more than 10 square metres of bonded sheeting, at least 24 hours ahead for a smaller bonded job, and they give you a copy. They also write an asbestos control plan for the job, however small, and give you a copy of that too.
On the day, the work area is taped off and signed so nobody but the crew is inside it. Sheets are kept damp with a mist, fixings come out by hand, and each sheet is wrapped in heavy builders' plastic before it leaves the taped area. A pressure washer, a grinder or an open trailer have no place on a proper job; if you see any of those, stop and ask about it.
For any friable work, or more than 10 square metres of bonded sheeting, an independent person inspects the area afterwards and issues a clearance certificate before anyone goes back in. For a smaller bonded job no clearance is legally required, though you can ask for a written sign-off anyway. The load itself goes to an EPA-licensed facility, never a council tip, and that's part of the quoted price. None of this is something we do; it's what the licensed removalist who takes on your job does, and it's worth knowing before you sign anything. Ask for the WorkSafe notification, the control plan and, where one applies, the clearance certificate as a matter of course, not as something you have to chase down afterwards. Keep all three with the quote; a buyer, a builder or an insurer may ask for them later.
Sources checked: October 2026
Where these facts come from
Call, or send photos.
Your job and photos stay on file with us.
The guides cover cost, tip rules and the DIY rules.