It did not become illegal until 1999 but most garage manufacturers stopped using it around 1991.
Concrete asbestos garage roof.
If you have a garage that was built between 1930 1999 there is a very good chance that you have an asbestos garage roof.
The danger of corrugated asbestos cement roof sheets exposed.
I am considering buying a house which has an asbestos contaminated garage.
Safe removal of asbestos from a garage.
Follow this procedure for how best to perform sage removal of asbestos from a shed or garage.
The excellent heat resistant qualities had made asbestos a quite popular construction material in the 20th century.
The naturally occurring mineral was used in different types of building products including roofing sheets.
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.
In addition to being a leading supplier of lidget compton buildings we provide a complete concrete garage repair service specialising in the replacement of corrugated and very often asbestos roofing.
This will have come from the asbestos cement roof and will therefore probably contain asbestos fibers.
We re licensed asbestos contractors and we work directly with the major landfill sites without having to use intermediaries.
The majority of garages constructed between 1930 and 1999 used asbestos cement roof sheeting.
Roofing and siding shingles are the most common materials to contain asbestos.
There could even be asbestos contained within the cement of your garage to help improve insulation.
If it s in good condition and not being abraded or going to be abraded then it will.
In our industry asbestos cement was widely used in roof sheets until about 1991 after which a good alternative to asbestos cement was found.
Hi there about a year or two ago my husband decided to do some diy around the garage s asbestos roof corrugated panels.
Hi make sure who ever takes down your asbestos roof has the proper clothing on clothes hats and breathing masks and that all asbestos is double bagged and taped and marked i have just done one and the charge was 250 00 up to the first ton in tw in margate and the garage can come down and be put into the skip make sure no asbestos get in the skip because there will be problems all clothing.
We ve put together this handy guide to explain everything you need to know about asbestos and garages.
But now i am quite paranoid and am wondering just how dangerous this actually was.
We discuss the danger of corrugated asbestos cement roof sheets.
Firstly keep a lookout for any silt debris that is left in the bottom of the gutters.
Often these sheets were used as siding corrugated roofing and soffit.
The product used on an asbestos contaminated garage will have been asbestos cement which has an asbestos content of between 10 15.
