[Closed] Do I need a specialist contractor to take a asbestos concrete roof off my shed?

Depends on where you are as to what your disposal options are.

Look for the equivalent of this but for your local area.

Nah, what's the worst that could happen? Oh....

Not to take it off. To dispose of it, yes. You will need a special bag/skip from someone with a licence for it (pricey!) Most waste contactors will have a licence though. Or ask a builder nicely if you can add yours to his half-empty skip.

suit, mask, gloves, bags on feet, gaffer tape round wrists and ankles. double wrap in plastic. check local council first for disposal options. dispose of ppe the same way.

You'll need a disposable tyvek suit and some decent dustmasks as ppe. (Remove them outside and double wrap in plastic to dispose. I'm advocating more care than the industry would probably require but they do it as a job and know the ins and outs). Asbestos in concrete is mostly safe unless it has been broken.

If the sheeting is intact then its a remove the fixings from the rear job and place the sheets carefully on the ground. Whole sheets are probably a two man job, one to steady one to remove fixings. Any broken bits give them a spray with PVA glue and allow to dry to seal the fibres before moving them.
If you're lucky your local council will collect for free/nominal fee and dispose for you, otherwise you'll need an asbestos skip and a large cheque.

Or ask a builder nicely if you can add yours to his half-empty skip.

Hmmm. Sounds like it might be an expensive new shed!

For non commercial purposes you should contact your local civic ammenity centre and they will tell you what to do.
We damped ours down wore masks/respiarators and double rubble bagged the tiles before sealing them with gaffer tape and then took them to the local dump.
Your local place will have a policy on it.

Commercially it can be a bit of a nightmare.

Or you could just fill the bottom half of a skip with it which is what our neighbour did. He is an oaf though and probably someone best shot at birth.

Or ask a builder nicely if you can add yours to his half-empty skip.

Don't do this, it's the equivalent of crapping on your own doorstep.

supertacky is correct - but may depend on yr local authority - in sheffield some council sites will take if have special skip is genuine DIY and is double bagged / taped plus you need to take ID / proof of address and not turn up in a van

Depends whether it is Asbestos or not. You can't tell unless you have had it lab analysed so it's just best to assume as you have done that it is.

It needs to be disposed of as other posters have said by a licenced contractor.

Full PPE if you are DIYing it is seriously reccomended, Dad died of mesothelioma so I know how devastating Asbestos can be.

knocking the thing down is straight forward.. legally disposing of the stuff is the tricky bit. understand where your local council will allow it and how much it costs..

So far as the cost is concerned, you'll have to get rid of it sometime, and the sooner the better. Disposal costs are only going to increase, and the older the material gets the more friable it's likely to be.

It will be chrysotile if it is asbestos at all. This is the least hazardous and will not kill you. I deal with this stuff at work along with Amosite which is properly scary. Damp it down and do it yourself - a disposable overall is sensible if you don't want fibres in your house and if you are feeling paranoid then wear a FFP2 mask. Most household waste sites will take limited quantities if it's wrapped.

I did mine a couple of years ago before I sold my house as the estate agents saw it and panicked. It took a couple of hours to do it and replace the roof with galvanised steel which cost me a couple of hundred quid. Estate agent reckoned it added £5k to the value of my house.

No, I meant a proper asbestos-disposal one.

I'll wind my neck in and thanks for the clarification. (When we did mine my dad suggested burying the sheets in the garage base, hence my large twitch and bite).

my dad suggested burying the sheets in the garage base

i know our neighbour buried his under the drive - its ok though he's sealed it in by burning loads of plastic rubbish on top it - wouldn't want to get car dirty taking stuff to tip mile up road

We had ours replaced last year - presume you mean corrugated cement bonded asbestos?

The roofers got the panels wet and then just cut through the bolts, took the panels off. Our local council tip would have taken them provided I had double wrapped them and had a vehicle that would move about a tonne of 3m x 1m boards.

In the end the Mrs phoned round a couple of people she got details of through a local demolition contractor - one of them came and collected it for £150, gave us a proper headed receipt and were happy for us to take a note of their vehicle details. Presumably legit as the local news are quite quick to report fly-tipping of asbestos round here!

I took one off a few years ago double wrapped it all and took it to the local tip which had a dedicated skip. lifted the lid of the skip to see that mine would be the only wrapped stuff in there.

I took one off a few years ago double wrapped it all and took it to the local tip which had a dedicated skip

This - worth checking up at your local tip before spending £££s on a covered skip. I disposed of asbestos tiles from our roof a couple of years ago this way.

Bristol city council tips have dedicated skips for asbestos, just just have to double wrap it as avdave2 says. All thought there is a limit as to how much you can take as they record your reg number as you enter.

some tips take it. ask.
Risk to you is minimal.
put it in footings of another shed.

I have some stuiff which the surveyor reckoned was asbestos around an old metal boiler chimney pipe outside. Is this likely to be the same stuff which can be disposed of as ^^ ?

DIY Asbestos disposal guide here:

www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/a14.pdf

More detail here: http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/essentials/index.htm

Woody - Member
I have some stuiff which the surveyor reckoned was asbestos around an old metal boiler chimney pipe outside. Is this likely to be the same stuff which can be disposed of as ^^ ?

if it is in a hard grey sheet form - probably yes - if a powder or woolie type stuff with metal lagging then you've got a problem - also the white powdery (non cement bonded) sheets would need a proper contractor - links just above will help