trowmusic Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Hi,I'm trying to find information about replacing a corrugated asbestos roof on a old house.Any info on contractors, regulations, costs etc. would be greatly appreciated.Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 You may need to talk to the council. EH will be the folk who can advise. It would be a public health issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbiniho Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 if you are a private individual you can dump it in a skip if you wanted to but if you got a contract in to do the work then they would have to follow all the legislation double bagging, masks and suits, properly dumping it etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I find that dumping it in a skip quite wrong. Most asbestos removal work must be undertaken by a licensed contractor but any decision on whether particular work is licensable is based on the risk. Work is only exempt from licensing if: the exposure of employees to asbestos fibres is sporadic and of low intensity (but exposure cannot be considered to be sporadic and of low intensity if the concentration of asbestos in the air is liable to exceed 0.6 fibres per cm3 measured over 10 minutes); and it is clear from the risk assessment that the exposure of any employee to asbestos will not exceed the control limit; and the work involves: short, non-continuous maintenance activities. Work can only be considered as short, non-continuous maintenance activities if any one person carries out work with these materials for less than one hour in a seven-day period. The total time spent by all workers on the work should not exceed a total of two hours, removal of materials in which the asbestos fibres are firmly linked in a matrix. Such materials include: asbestos cement; textured decorative coatings and paints which contain asbestos; articles of bitumen, plastic, resin or rubber which contain asbestos where their thermal or acoustic properties are incidental to their main purpose (eg vinyl floor tiles, electric cables, roofing felt) and other insulation products which may be used at high temperatures but have no insulation purposes, for example gaskets, washers, ropes and seals, encapsulation or sealing of asbestos-containing materials which are in good condition; or air monitoring and control, and the collection and analysis of samples to find out if a specific material contains asbestos. Under the Asbestos Regulations, anyone carrying out work on asbestos insulation, asbestos coating or asbestos insulating board (AIB) needs a licence issued by HSE unless they meet one of the exemptions above. REMEMBER: Although you may not need a licence to carry out a particular job, you still need to comply with the rest of the requirements of the Asbestos Regulations. http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/regulations.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/em9.pdf Just dumping asbestos in a skip would be a waste of effort. The carrier will probably not take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_brain Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 E&H Building Contractors are licensed to remove asbestos tiles 01595 840222. they will quote you to do the work as well as disposing the asbestos at Gremista landfill. But it wont be cheap as dumping asbestos is expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerwick Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I replaced my asbestos roof a couple of years back. I hired a skip, and the skip hire people took care of the waste handling. I think the dumping charges was about £130. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Are the sheets actually asbestos? Its been a while now since those were phased out. The ones which replaced them look virtually the same unless to an experienced eye, but they're made from something else, what exactly I forget right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Not going to speak for Shetland authorities, but I can say for a fact that in Aberdeenshire you can deliver the material to a specified dump yourself and not be charged. A contractor would be charged. If you were doing so, bagging/wrapping it would be a courteous thing to do for those handling it at the other end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enkelt skapninger Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Your neighbours may be a bit unimpressed if you demolish an asbestos roof without adhering to the regulations. I wouldn't want to be downwind of an asbestos dust plume. (I'm not talking about the OP, rather those who'd just dump it in a skip). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trowmusic Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Thanks for the replies and info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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