Wear a face mask gloves and cover any bare skin.
Is my asbestos garage roof dangerous.
But now i am quite paranoid and am wondering just how dangerous this actually was.
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.
If it s in good condition and not being abraded or going to be abraded then it will not be releasing dangerous quantities of fibres.
If you re still wondering how can i tell if my garage roof is asbestos read on.
The asbestos would have been wrapped in 1000g poly and sealed with asbestos warning tape.
We wanted to knock the garage down to make our garden bigger as we never used the old leaking garage anyway.
It is also worth checking your entire garage structure not just the roof.
Again you can check the texture and appearance for fibres dimples and craters.
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.
We had a garage that had an asbestos roof.
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.
Hi there about a year or two ago my husband decided to do some diy around the garage s asbestos roof corrugated panels.
Is it only dangerous if i take down the garage and say the asbestos material breaks and i breathe in the asbestos.
Any small pieces of asbestos would have been double bagged in red and clear asbestos sign written bags and sealed with 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.
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.
This will have come from the asbestos cement roof and will therefore probably contain asbestos fibers.
If you re going to check your garage roof for asbestos take the appropriate safety precautions.
The product used on an asbestos contaminated garage will have been asbestos cement which has an asbestos content of between 10 15.
Follow this procedure for how best to perform sage removal of asbestos from a shed or garage.
The asbestos pannels would have been carefully removed and sprayed with water and a bonding agent to contain any dust arising.
There could be asbestos contained in the wall cement to help improve insulation.
Hi i have an asbestos garage.
Take care not to disturb the asbestos it s more dangerous when tampered with.