On Sunday, 12 November 2017 12:51:56 UTC, wrote:
Hello all.

My father in law is having his roof replaced (slates, membrane and perhaps battens). The old roof materials were put in a skip and when the skip man came to collect, he said that he suspected that some of the waste contained asbestos and that there would be an £800 surcharge for removal.

I think the alleged asbestos-containing material was the old, man-made roof slates. The chap supposedly took a sample and then showed my father in law a statement or report from a testing lab, but did not leave the document with him.

Firstly, is £800 a reasonable charge for collecting a skip with some asbestos-containing waste?

Secondly, do materials containing *any* detectable asbestos require specialist, expensive disposal, or is there a threshold amount beyond which the requirement is triggered?

I would have liked to have had the opportunity to take a sample and get it tested, myself, but my father in law has paid up and the waste is gone.

Thanks.

Ant.

The requirement is to double bag it and take it to a waste site that accepts it. £800 is taking the ****.


NT