So-called asbestos skip.

[saveasteading]

We had this delivered for stripped asbestos cement  cladding. At huge expense.

 

To me it is a normal skip and not suitable so we have rejected it.

Plus it is on its last legs with rust and holes.

Plus it came complete with junk in it. Somebody's resin drive surplus stuck on the side.

 

I thought the skip industry had moved forward but this is awful.

Or am I being overfussy?

 

[Russell griffiths]

 

what grade is it.

My mate has just had a huge farm shed stripped by a professional company, and they just tipped it in a roll off skip. 
seams standard practice for a certain grade. 

[Redbeard]

I certainly don't think it is fussy not to want someone else's rubbish delivered to you, and I too thought that asbestos skips were, for a start, usually covered and lockable, but @Russell griffiths may be right about the grades. OTOH, however well bound it is, asbestos-bearing is asbestos-bearing, and I would not want some (insert applicable word) removing my crinkly asbestos garage sheet from an open skip  to put their cr** in, leaving me with another asbestos problem to solve. A cover would go a fair way to avoiding that.

[saveasteading]

1 minute ago, Russell griffiths said:

what grade is it

It is low grade, just Big6 asbestos cement.  

apparently they expected us to double line the skip with plastic and seal it. 

I had expected either a closed skip or one with lots of cleats and a specific tarpaulin.

 

It's something I was well used to in the past and it had to be in a sealed container.

and that is what the replacement  skip company say they supply as standard.

 

Plus, the panels are coming off in 8ft lengths so won't sit flat on the bottom of that, and we will end up with a lot of air and needing another skip.

Plus I believe panels should be walked into the skip and laid in gently, not chucked in from outside.

 

I am aware that the risk is very small especially with old, wet panels. But the HSE guidance / rules seem to still require closed skips. My bet is that standards are slipping because HSE are under-resourced.