Asbestos roof replacement

[HughF]

I might have to 'fix' the leaking roof on my rental farm property where I currently reside (yes, it's a requirement of my tenancy, yes I'm ok with that, before anyone asks)... This is a shallow pitch roof in big6 asbestos.

 

Does anyone have experience of overcladding with tin? If the landlord is OK with that, it would be my preference, instead of complete removal. I don't need another pile of asbestos to dispose of, I've got enough of that already.

 

If it needs to come off, then so be it, the roof will probably be replaced with insulated industrial tin.

[SteamyTea]

We had the roof at work repaired with a polymer.

Quick, cheap and worked well.

[HughF]

5 minutes ago, SteamyTea said:

We had the roof at work repaired with a polymer.

Quick, cheap and worked well.

Interesting.... I've got a lorry body full of paint to get rid of

 

[SteamyTea]

19 minutes ago, HughF said:

Interesting.... I've got a lorry body full of paint to get rid of

 

Is any of it swimming pool paint.

[saveasteading]

1 hour ago, HughF said:

anyone have experience of overcladding with tin

Yes. It's straight forward apart from not falling through.

Spacers are fixed over the crowns, fixed to purlins. Then a shallow rail goes along that and then clad as normal.

But....its easy into steel or timber but not into concrete purlins.

There are gaps at the perimeter that need closing.

Cheaper than all new but delaying the inevitable.

 

Depends how bad it is. For a few sheets you can replace the sheet with fibre cement or fg to the same profile  or simply plonk it over.

For isolated leaks there is gunk you can paint over to seal the cracks.

Or gunk paint the whole roof.

 

Your local cladding supplier can advise on all the above. Farmers, you can be sure, do the cheapest even if short term.

I'm sure there will be ads in farmers weekly....or say out loud next to your phone or hub.....repair leaking barn roof

[HughF]

It isn’t a barn, it’s my house…. 🤣

 

I’ve been glueing up the cracks over this summer and have felted over others in the past, but it is 30yrs past needing replacement, really. It needs doing, even if I only have 3 more years here.

[SteamyTea]

14 hours ago, HughF said:

It isn’t a barn, it’s my house

Do you have bottles of gas, and a compressor, in it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51k0k5ge29o

[saveasteading]

14 hours ago, HughF said:

only have 3 more years here.

If you were staying longer....strip and reroof.

For 3 years , or 2 years after the work, you could overclad  and the owner would still have the asbestos which will deter a lot of people.  Maybe the landlord will contribute.

[HughF]

1 hour ago, SteamyTea said:

Do you have bottles of gas, and a compressor, in it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51k0k5ge29o

Not at the moment 🤣

[HughF]

1 hour ago, saveasteading said:

If you were staying longer....strip and reroof.

For 3 years , or 2 years after the work, you could overclad  and the owner would still have the asbestos which will deter a lot of people.  Maybe the landlord will contribute.

I’ll discuss with the landlord…

[HughF]

The roof in question...

[Roche]

If its a house you're living in then id just get it removed not worth the risk to health to be living with it. Whilst cement roofing sheets are generally safe when left alone, these look to be deteriorating so I think its time for removal. You're most likely looking at around £25-30/m2 for cement sheets + scaffolding for an asbestos removal company to remove and dispose.

[HughF]

No way in hell am I paying an asbestos removal company to take this off... I'll pull the nails, slide the sheets down onto pallets and load them into a suitable skip.

 

Going with insulated tin I think...

[Onoff]

On 05/09/2023 at 17:10, SteamyTea said:

We had the roof at work repaired with a polymer.

Quick, cheap and worked well.

 

First thing I thought was paint it:

 

https://www.kingfisheruk.com/asbestos-roof-coating-item-55arcb