Asbestos Removal in Langley, BC

Langley has a wide mix of older town homes and rural properties where asbestos shows up in everything from shingle siding to barn-style insulation.

Langley covers a large geographic area from the townsite of Langley City to the farms and acreage of the Township. This means an unusually wide range of asbestos-containing materials, from the typical suburban residential materials in Murrayville and Willowbrook to the agricultural outbuilding cladding and roofing found on rural properties throughout the Township. Langley's suburban homes from the 1960s to 1980s follow the same patterns as other Lower Mainland suburbs, with asbestos common in ceilings, flooring and drywall compound.

Rural Langley properties present the agricultural asbestos category: corrugated asbestos-cement panels used as roofing and cladding on barns, equipment sheds, covered walkways and lean-tos. This material was sold under several brand names, including Asbestolux and Eternit, and was standard for agricultural applications in BC through the 1950s to 1970s. It's typically non-friable when intact, but when it ages it can become brittle and start shedding fibres, and any removal or demolition work must follow proper WorkSafeBC procedures.

Langley's older horse-property culture also means outbuildings that have been standing and unmaintained for decades. When an acreage property changes hands or is redeveloped, the old sheds and barns are often the first structures targeted for demolition. A pre-demolition survey is required by WorkSafeBC, and it should cover the full range of agricultural structures on the property — not just the main house.