If you re going to check your garage roof for asbestos take the appropriate safety precautions.
Is my asbestos garage roof dangerous.
But now i am quite paranoid and am wondering just how dangerous this actually was.
Take care not to disturb the asbestos it s more dangerous when tampered with.
Any small pieces of asbestos would have been double bagged in red and clear asbestos sign written bags and sealed with tape.
The asbestos would have been wrapped in 1000g poly and sealed with asbestos warning tape.
The asbestos bound to the cement is extremely hardwearing and as a result it is unlikely that your asbestos garage roof has eroded to a dangerous degree.
We had a garage that had an asbestos roof.
I think so as our garage has an asbestos roof and we were told it was no problem unless we wanted to take it down.
Is it only dangerous if i take down the garage and say the asbestos material breaks and i breathe in the asbestos.
There could be asbestos contained in the wall cement to help improve insulation.
The product used on an asbestos contaminated garage will have been asbestos cement which has an asbestos content of between 10 15.
Safe removal of asbestos from a garage.
We got quotes for removing the asbestos roof and we were getting told my a neighbour that only a licensed asbestos carrier could take it away and it would be thousands.
Hi i have an asbestos garage.
It is also worth checking your entire garage structure not just the roof.
He didn t use a mask or anything at all for most of it despite my big objections as he said it was totally safe.
Due to the relatively small amount of asbestos which is in the cement it s unlikely that many fibres would be released rendering it fairly safe under normal conditions.
The asbestos pannels would have been carefully removed and sprayed with water and a bonding agent to contain any dust arising.
Hi i have an asbestos garage.
If you re still wondering how can i tell if my garage roof is asbestos read on.
Follow this procedure for how best to perform sage removal of asbestos from a shed or garage.
We wanted to knock the garage down to make our garden bigger as we never used the old leaking garage anyway.
Again you can check the texture and appearance for fibres dimples and craters.
Wear a face mask gloves and cover any bare skin.
Firstly keep a lookout for any silt debris that is left in the bottom of the gutters.
This will have come from the asbestos cement roof and will therefore probably contain asbestos fibers.