Plan Your Magnesite Removal
& Slab Restoration Crew

Share the property suburb, approximate floor area, building age, access arrangements and your planned new floor finish. Photos and existing reports help explain the job, but do not establish material composition or slab condition. For apartments, check strata permission, work hours, lift protection, noise rules and waste access before agreeing a start date.

Ask for the measured area and removal scope, floor-covering and adhesive removal, dust controls, waste handling and disposal, access costs, concrete grinding and the proposed finish. Clarify whether testing, structural advice, slab repairs, moisture checks and floor levelling are included or separately priced. Record exclusions, GST, payment stages, timing and how unexpected conditions or variations will be agreed. These are questions to confirm in your project quote, not a promise that every item is included.

The cost depends on the floor area and thickness, site access, existing coverings, dust and waste arrangements and the condition of the concrete underneath. In apartments, access and strata requirements can also affect the scope. Ask for a written quote that separates removal, disposal and any proposed grinding, repairs, testing or levelling. An inspection or review of the available information may be needed before a price is confirmed.

Contact the owners corporation or strata manager before work to confirm approvals and building requirements. Ask about work hours, notification of neighbours, lift and common-area protection, noise, dust controls and waste access. If asbestos is suspected, pause disturbance and arrange appropriate assessment before removal. Once the floor is exposed, arrange qualified structural advice if the slab or reinforcing steel appears damaged.

No. Appearance, colour, age, odour or a photo alone cannot confirm the composition of a floor, adhesive or backing, or rule out asbestos. NSW asbestos guidance says asbestos cannot be identified just by looking and recommends a licensed asbestos assessor and accredited laboratory testing. Do not scrape, drill or grind suspect materials to identify them; arrange assessment before disturbance.

Source: NSW Government: how to identify asbestos

Pause work that could disturb the suspect material and seek advice from a licensed asbestos assessor. NSW guidance recommends assessment, laboratory confirmation and a removal plan before renovation. Asbestos work is separate from an ordinary magnesite removal scope: confirm who will arrange testing, any specialist removal, waste disposal and required clearance before work proceeds. This website does not claim an asbestos-removal licence.

Source: NSW Government: planning asbestos removal

Not necessarily. Once the old material is removed, the exposed slab may need further assessment, repairs, moisture checks, grinding or levelling to suit the selected flooring system. Removal alone is not a structural diagnosis or a guarantee of a dry, level slab. Confirm the preparation standard and any follow-on work with your contractor and flooring installer.

Use the assessment form on this page, or call 0414 895 094 or email magnesite@elyment.com.au. Explain the location, access and planned floor finish so the removal and slab-preparation scope can be discussed. Online enquiries and photos are a starting point, not a confirmed diagnosis, fixed price or booking date.