Philouis Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Our Brit, neighbour is having a registered English builder remove asbestos corrugated asbestos cement sheets from under his tiles and replacing them with plastic look-a-likes! The detecherie will accept the old sheets for disposal. He is wondering if permission should be obtained from the Marie before commenccing work.The roof is in very good condition, but he has already lost one definite sale owing to a buyer backing off after reading the inspection report. I understand that there are hundreds of thousands of house in France with similar roofing and French prospective buyers are not at all worried by it!But the question is; should there be permission sought from the Marie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 May I suggest that your neighbour asks the Mairie? They will tell him if their permission is needed...[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philouis Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Further to my original posting, my neighbour has run into a snag.The local detecherie will only accept 10 sheets at one time in one month, due to their quota!There are at least 84 sheets to dispose of and he cannot give the roofer to go ahead removing them until they can find a disposal site. I doubt if anyone reading this can make any helpful suggestions, but you never know. Another solution would be to hire a skip for about €500, but has yet to find if the skippers might also have the same problem!The sheets are in excellent condition and no doubt there is many a farmer or two who would like to re-roof their barn with free roofing material; but how to find them is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Philouis, if the builder stacks them neatly and takes care to remove any broken off bits, they probably won't be the huge health hazard you imagine and can be left (outside, somewhere they won't be knocked) and your neighbour can dispose of ten sheets each month until they are gone. The wisdom I have gleaned from here, and elsewhere when I was back in the UK and had to remove several of these from our old stable roof, is that the risk is much less than the scare-mongerers would have you believe. If he stacks them within view of the road, chances are a passing farmer will enquire about them anyway - that certainly seems to happen around here when I put anything "interesting" out with the rubbish!! Failing that, just suggest to your neighbour that he calls on a local farmer to let him know they're available - they seem to have a pretty good grapevine and if they're of interest, you'll soon know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philouis Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 Have run into a snag as the detecherie can only take about 10 sheets each month as theor quota allows. So it looks like an ongoing situation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 What I am going to say is not a recommendation but is what happened down here not long ago.Outside the dechetterie overnight 60 panels of asbestos were simply left, carefully stacked. The decheterrie was of course obliged to take them.I find this cavalier behaviour entirely shocking. But mildly better than just dumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Our detcheterie has got CCTV so I don't think that would work there. Unless the person blanked out their number plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Good intelligence is never wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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