designanddetail
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Get yourself one of these before you start
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Suit and bags for removing small quantity of old roof sheets
- Thread starter Wombat
- Start date
RWG Contracts
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- Location
- Samlesbury, Lancashire
His eventual cremation could take a while?
Probably be an environmental risk to burn the old chap
SilliamWhale
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- Location
- East yorks
Great thanks
Most of the people dying of asbestosis were either employed in the factories manufacturing asbestos fibres or were using blue asbestos for lagging pipes, boilers etc The type used to reinforce cement sheets was not as dangerous but not saying that disturbing the fibres by breaking or cutting should be done.
My ex father in law who was a heating engineer died of this The tumour was in his chest cavity ie outside his lungs and the asbestos fibres had worked its way from inside his lung to the outside over a period of 40 years
He got £ 80000 compensation from the 3 firms he had worked for and then died 3 weeks later
Also heard of two twin brothers who died of this They had never worked with asbestos but their father had when they were little. He came home in his overalls from the factory and play wrestled with them before tea That's where they picked up the fibres from and died 60 years later
My ex father in law who was a heating engineer died of this The tumour was in his chest cavity ie outside his lungs and the asbestos fibres had worked its way from inside his lung to the outside over a period of 40 years
He got £ 80000 compensation from the 3 firms he had worked for and then died 3 weeks later
Also heard of two twin brothers who died of this They had never worked with asbestos but their father had when they were little. He came home in his overalls from the factory and play wrestled with them before tea That's where they picked up the fibres from and died 60 years later
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Often the wives and children would suffer more from the contaminated clothing and the ground and air outside the house near the factories.
Took a load of guttering to the council tip, double bagged, no issues.
linga
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- Location
- Ceredigion
The risk is when the stuff is broken up releasing fibres and the advice is to stuff it into small bags
How do you get it into small bags without breaking it up ?!
I believe, at one time anyway, it was allowed to be buried as long as the site location was recorded and this sounds a reasonable approach in that the release of free fibres is limited.
Of course it could be argued that this just puts the risk off until its dug up again but it ends up in landfill anyway
How do you get it into small bags without breaking it up ?!
I believe, at one time anyway, it was allowed to be buried as long as the site location was recorded and this sounds a reasonable approach in that the release of free fibres is limited.
Of course it could be argued that this just puts the risk off until its dug up again but it ends up in landfill anyway
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
On the advice from here or maybe the old BFF I wrapped mine up in polythene, taped it shut and took it for free to a Council site that had a special skip for it. Got a permit for my work pickup and took it on that.
Was more than a garage roofs worth but no questions asked other than the above.
Only issues I had was the site workers were happy enough to stand next to me chatting while I unloaded but were "not allowed to help" due to H&S rules and the site manager flipping out over the tannoy because I leaned into the skip to move some of the bits around so i could fit it all in.
They probably just tipped it into landfill anyway.
Was more than a garage roofs worth but no questions asked other than the above.
Only issues I had was the site workers were happy enough to stand next to me chatting while I unloaded but were "not allowed to help" due to H&S rules and the site manager flipping out over the tannoy because I leaned into the skip to move some of the bits around so i could fit it all in.
They probably just tipped it into landfill anyway.
- Location
- Portsmouth
Our local council told a family friend to bury it in the concrete base of the garage he was replacing! Was a few years ago
Mydexta
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- Location
- Dundee/angus
I once took some to landfill,had to show weighbridge operator that I had proper suit, mask etc.
Got to the cell and tipped it off, then the lad in the digger started smashing it up while levelling it out....... With the window open in his digger???????
Old boss looked at hse approved way of removing it, and they recommended for small scale work
Paper disposable suit
Appropriate masks
Non lace up boots
Rubber gloves
Cuffs taped between gloves and boots
Small water sprayer to keep dust at bay if cutting bolts from outside
Got to the cell and tipped it off, then the lad in the digger started smashing it up while levelling it out....... With the window open in his digger???????
Old boss looked at hse approved way of removing it, and they recommended for small scale work
Paper disposable suit
Appropriate masks
Non lace up boots
Rubber gloves
Cuffs taped between gloves and boots
Small water sprayer to keep dust at bay if cutting bolts from outside
rich0508
Member
For a face mask use a minimum ffp3 rated mask and make sure you have no facial stubble- it wont seal correctly to your face, if you look on the internet you will get some paper disposable suits, the blue ones usually are good enough.
Also dampen down the sheets both sides before removing, washing up liquid mix in a spray bottle would be a bonus too when wetting them down. Cut the bolts/ nails off rather than breaking the sheets and if possible place in a bag within a bag or double wrapped.
Also dampen down the sheets both sides before removing, washing up liquid mix in a spray bottle would be a bonus too when wetting them down. Cut the bolts/ nails off rather than breaking the sheets and if possible place in a bag within a bag or double wrapped.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Hear this quite often, what is going to happen when its being "peckered" out, which in time it will be, if you cant dispose of properly its better in a hole in a field, at least its an easy clean up.
Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
Think the attitude 35 years ago was ,,its out of site ,,nobody will be ever know its there