While investigating the options for replacing the 35 sq metres of
asbestos cement roof that blew away in Saturday's gale, I have
discovered just how expensive asbestos disposal has become. One local
firm has quoted £50 per sheet if I took it to them, or £850 for a skip.
Derbyshire County council will only accept 2 square metres at a time at
their sites.

I'm hoping the insurers (Zurich) will pay for the disposal of the
smashed sheets and the remainder of that roof which is now in a
precarious state, but I have another building of around 120 square
metres which is structurally sound but has a number of leaks in its
big-6 asbestos sheets as well as quite severe condensation problems on
the underside of the roof. I don't relish removing the existing sheets,
and I certainly don't relish paying for their disposal.

Does anyone have experience of "oversheeting" with steel, onduline, or
other materials? I believe it can be done directly onto the sheets,
having first removed all the nails, or onto battens.


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Kevin Poole
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