The main problem with anything made of asbestos cement or similar is aging
making them so brittle you can easily go straight through. However even we
had to get a company in to take it all down and bag and remove it. I find it
very odd that asbestos, a mineral, is so dangerous. I guess its the way we
use it concentrated and in fibres that makes it dangerous. I used to saw the
corrugated cement panels with a power jigsaw back in the 70s with no ill
effects, the dust was not airborne.


Brian

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On 24/02/2020 17:11, Tricky Dicky wrote:
According to HSE all work carried out on Asbestos which includes Asbestos
boards such as Asbestolux should be done by licensed contractors. About
the only asbestos removal that a DIYer can do is Asbestos/cement boards
because the risk is very low. We removed a garage roof made of corrugated
cement/asbestos but took the precaution of Tevac suits and face masks. If
your local council has an asbestos disposal facility you will find they
will probably only accept cement/asbestos and will require it to be
double wrapped too. Post 1976 a replacement product was made called
Supalux recognisable by its glittery surface look owing to mica being
incorporated. It was supposed to be asbestos free but there is some
debate whether it is contaminated as it was produced at the same
facilities that previously made asbestos board.

Richard

I spent years sunbathing on my parents asbestolux garage roof.


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