Asbestos removal/disposal.

[a2z]

I have a modern farm building 75" x 65" and looking to replace the asbestos roof.
Can anyone give me an idea of the total weight of the sheets and cost of removal from the building and then disposal.
Building is in Devon.

 

[RWG Contracts]

I have a modern farm building 75" x 65" and looking to replace the asbestos roof.
Can anyone give me an idea of the total weight of the sheets and cost of removal from the building and then disposal.
Building is in Devon.

how modern? is it definitely asbestos? I think it'll be about 20 tonne. thats working on 4kg per square foot

 

[a2z]

Definately asbestos.

 

[rich8100]

Best get onto a professional company. Dodgy stuff that.

Is there still a way that you could bury it but have to take note and mark the area. Used to be able to do it but not sure now.

 

[a2z]

Will have to be removed from site.
I am prepared for that, just wanted some idea of the weight involved so that I can approach local waste disposal firms for disposal cost

 

[Pan mixer]

how modern? is it definitely asbestos? I think it'll be about 20 tonne. thats working on 4kg per square foot

I bow to your superior experience @RWG Contracts although I am sure that I unloaded a lorry carrying the whole roof for a similar sized shed (5000 sq ft) in four pallets and my loader at the time was a 2 and a half tonne lift.
Maybe the new fibre cement is lighter?

 

[cat]

we took down a old shed last year and it was said 50, ten feet sheets was 3 ton. So on that basis 12 ton.
The thing that pee'd us of was the sheets had to be removed whole, not smashed off, wrapped in heavy plastic and taped up. Then lowered into a large box skip. Then the lorry would go to the dump and tip them out, ripping the covering and smashing the sheets.

 

[milkloss]

Best get onto a professional company. Dodgy stuff that.

Is there still a way that you could bury it but have to take note and mark the area. Used to be able to do it but not sure now.

Why? If you've got the time and gear to do it I'd crack on. It's nice and damp at the moment and you can also spray it with sealer for added protection. Very little if any proof chrysotile azzy has ever caused asbestosis.
Bet those professionals would be quite good at bending you over.

Don't think you can bury it now.

 

[designanddetail]

You can get waste companies with sealed skips and they will allow you to put it in without wrapping it. That will save you time and money on the job.

 

[solo]

This company have removed my big 6 asbestos roof sheets this week. http://environmentalcontracts.co.uk/ Just stacked carefully in the oversize skip with the pallet bars. It is charged by weight but the invoice to the contractors has yet to arrive. Shed is 30' by 90' (1984) and all sheets from the roof and both gable ends fitted in one skip.

 

[RWG Contracts]

I bow to your superior experience @RWG Contracts although I am sure that I unloaded a lorry carrying the whole roof for a similar sized shed (5000 sq ft) in four pallets and my loader at the time was a 2 and a half tonne lift.
Maybe the new fibre cement is lighter?

The weight of fibre cement is lighter. 4kg a square foot was was we used to work on where I used to work allowing for moss and the fact they're wet and the fact asbestos is heavier than fibre cement. When I worked it out I thought it sounded a lot but was just what I've been taught

 

[Wastexprt]

Make sure that whoever carries out the removal is licensed and has the correct consignment note paperwork as well

 

[Bruce Almighty]

This company have removed my big 6 asbestos roof sheets this week. http://environmentalcontracts.co.uk/ Just stacked carefully in the oversize skip with the pallet bars. It is charged by weight but the invoice to the contractors has yet to arrive. Shed is 30' by 90' (1984) and all sheets from the roof and both gable ends fitted in one skip.

I'm surprised it wasn't fibre cement in 1984 ?

 

[Cowcalf]

Figure I use is 14k /sq mt, The local folk will try to rip u off, better to ask a guy who erects sheds how he disposes of it

 

[solo]

I'm surprised it wasn't fibre cement in 1984 ?

Test came back with low level asbestos so waste removal bill will now be higher just don't know how much yet.

 

[RWG Contracts]

Figure I use is 14k /sq mt, The local folk will try to rip u off, better to ask a guy who erects sheds how he disposes of it

That's similar to my 4K sq foot

 

[a2z]

Big range in cost of disposal via licenced carrier, £270-500 tonne!!

 

[Exfarmer]

7 years ago weghed in the roof sheets off a shed 60 X 100
It wieghed approximately 11 tonnes

 

[Philip Watkins]

That's similar to my 4K sq foot

No it's not. 1sq m is 10.76sq ft. 4kg/ sqft would be 43 kg/ sqm

 

[RWG Contracts]

No it's not. 1sq m is 10.76sq ft. 4kg/ sqft would be 43 kg/ sqm

Ahh Philip you beauty, I've just worked out why it seemed a whole lot heavier than it should have been


@Pan mixer

It's 4kg per running foot on a sheet, which is 1m wide not per foot square.

well that's embarrassing