Disposal of asbestos roof tiles

[DebJonSara]

I've searched the archives, but although I've found mention of this as a problem, I've not been able to find any solution!

Our big old wooden barn blew down during high winds last month - and we found the roof was made of large diagonal asbestos tiles. Some of these were broken during the fall. My partner has been dutifully wearing overall, gloves, facemask, gloves and goggles whilst stacking them out of the way so he can salvage the wood for goat stalls, fencing, firewood and so on. But we are expecting paying guests, including children, next month, so we need to get rid of this asbestos. Does anyone know how? Is there a firm that will come and remove it? Or if we load it in the back of our estate car, will our local dechetterie take it from us?

We are in Lower Normandy - I will post this in the Northwest France Forum as well, so forgiv me if yu have read this twice.

All advice gratefuly received

Debbie

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In principle at least this has to be done by a specialist contractor as in UK.

[val2]

First of all, are you sure they are asbestos as there are concrete fibreboard tiles which look similar. You should engage a specialist disposal firm to tackle this and I would either enquire at the local Mairie or with the local DDE as to whom and where. Don't try disposing yourself,you can end up with a lot of trouble on your hands as currently,asbestos claims are causing a great deal of trouble for the authorities. We have just visited a property where one wall is completely covered with asbestos sheets inside the house. We refuse to have anything to do with removal completely as our insurance company with not cover this work so,the owners have volunteered to get a sample anylised in the UK.We do not see any necessity to remove the sheets, a block wall with insulation in front of it should suffice as it has not been damaged at all and therefore not causing any harmful particles to get loose and any future pipework or cable trunking can run between the two.

[Mckenzie]

You could bury it in a corner of your garden, the deeper the better

[wdmars]

We have recently been through the "what to do with asbestos roofing" saga. Ours is the corrugated type covering a hangar. We ran around in circles prior to the purchase of our house trying to do the right thing.

In the end our mairie said to dump it in the local rubbish dump, and our neighbour offered to take it there in his trailer!

Wendy

[DebJonSara]

AAAARGH!!! Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Our Dechetterie said it was "Interdite", and the Mairie and the Prefecture said we had to get a specialist firm to remove it. The devis came today -it's going to cost us 3,193!!! The firm is called Sch Realisations and is in Laval, Mayenne.

Does anyone know of a QUALIBAT registered firm who might be able to do it cheaper?? Only this would just about clean us out!

Debbie

[katabrontes]

Hi

Probably too late for you now but our local private tip will take it but they charge €150 per metric tonne plus €50 for the bag to put it in. You have to take it there but you can do this in a trailer. As long as the roofing sheets are in reasonable condition and not breaking up into powdery residue it is really quite safe to handle with minimum precautions.

[Russethouse]

katabrontes, did you look at the date on this thread....? It's 9 years old !!!

[Patf]

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose!

[Rabbie]

[quote user="Russethouse"]katabrontes, did you look at the date on this thread....? It's 9 years old !!![/quote]Nice that some people obviously use the search facility[:)]

[idun]

As I am very unsuccessful at doing searches on here,  I am amazed that a thread so old was found.

 And with such a very old thread, there was Pucette posting. I often wonder what happened to her and if she is OK. Anyone know?

[Russethouse]

Nice that some people obviously use the search facility

Nice that it worked !

[PaulT]

However, still a very relevant topic.

Getting a sample analysed is always a good thing. We have a roof of what at first appears to be asbestos sheeting. Before I retired I used to deal with an asbestos consultant who had a sample analysed and luckily it is not asbestos.

Asbestosis is a very nasty disease and can take 20 years or more to show.

Paul

[Debra]

Useful for me that it came up as we've just bought a property with fibrous cement roofing on the garages and a couple of outbuildings.  The notaire says it's not the really nasty stuff but it does contain asbestos.  So if we want to remove it we can take it to a private tip then or should we still try speaking to someone at the local tip?

[PaulT]

If you are going to take it to the tip then wet it and double wrap it to seal it.

You can get asbestosis from very minor contact with asbestos - TREAT IT WITH GREAT CARE. It is the micropscopic fibres that do the damage.

I speak as someone who was exposed to asbestos in my early work years - and now, 35 to 40 years later could still develop asbestosis.

Paul

[Debra]

Thanks, Paul.  I must admit that as someone who has been very close to the issue of asbestos related diseases, I will probably get a specialist firm in to handle it rather than risk my own or my husband's health. 

One of the garages concerned has some damage at the back of the roof, so I think that probably should be replaced but we'll probably get the lot removed at once, regardless of whether it's damaged.

[sid]

[quote user="PaulT"]

If you are going to take it to the tip then wet it and double wrap it to seal it.

You can get asbestosis from very minor contact with asbestos - TREAT IT WITH GREAT CARE. It is the micropscopic fibres that do the damage.

I speak as someone who was exposed to asbestos in my early work years - and now, 35 to 40 years later could still develop asbestosis.

Paul

[/quote]

Too true! I worked for a brake lining manufacturer in my first job; they used to weave asbestos fibre to produce belts and clutch linings and the weaving shed was like a cotton mill with fibres floating in the air everywhere. Risks were misunderstood and probably ignored. I worked in the offices and it was 45 years ago and I hope the threat has passed, but who knows!  [+o(]

[BIG MAC]

If you stand on the west coast of Ireland and test the atmosphere for asbestos fibres ....you may well detect them ....really depends whether there have been many forest fires in Canada.