On 3 Mar, 17:17, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:58:14 -0800 (PST), JimK

wrote:

oh no! not the "asbestos cement DANGER DANGER" thread again I hope
Bruce?!

It depends on which fibres were used, which depends on when the roof
panels were made and by whom. In other words, it depends. And it is
extremely unlikely that any records are available, or remain.

My health and safety advisers take the view that *all* asbestos cement
products should be left alone or removed by a specialist contractor.

No surprise there then.....

But I can understand people thinking that they can take a chance, and
that they will probably get away with it to save a few s. The world
is full of chancers.

matched in equal number by over zealous "career" H&S "professhunals"
who see "risk" of any size as an opportunity to make a lot of $ out of
"mugs" too scared by the propaganda or too thick to assess the "risk"
themselves - there's one born every minute! (luckily for the H&S gang
and specialist contractors....)

NB this is UK DIY not uk.corporate.responsibility :)

Cheers
JimK