On Feb 25, 6:06*pm, dave wrote:
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:53:21 -0000, "MuddyMike"





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"Tabby" wrote in message
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On Feb 25, 4:47 pm, John Nagelson wrote:
My garage roof is made of corrugated asbestos, probably "asbestos
cement". It's not leaking, but it's old. I'm getting someone in to
replace the lintel and redo a bit of brickwork above it. What's the
position? Am I right to think that if the asbestos gets broken, then
fibres get released and basically I need to hire some asbestos
professionals?

A pal disposed of an old asbestos panel Uni-Seco prefab building a while
back. A builder had been charged thousands by a specialist removal company
to dismantle a similar one nearby so he just dug a bloody great hole with a
JCB and pushed it in. He did limit his exposure by soaking everything first,
wearing a fairly sophisticated mask, and dumping his overalls in the final
part of the hole.

Mike

While that';; work ok :-), is it legal?
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No it would be illegal, massive fines.
Asbestos cement is not that dangerous, some fibres are released as it
weathers.

Our local recycle centre has a covered skip for asbestos. I disposed
of several tons of asbestos cement roof "slates" by bagging them up
and taking them down there bit by bit. (Over a period of months). In
my car, vans are watched like a hawk.

I think they are a bit more alert to that sort of thing now, I think
it was costing them a lot to dispose of it.

The amount of stuff that was going in that skip was amazing. It was a
big skip but they had to empty it daily. Most of ot seemed to be
corrugated asbestos cement sheeting.

So, go down there and sus things out.