Les.

Hi there,

We are buying a farmhouse near Evron, Mayenne, (we've still got a couple of days cooling off )
it's got two barns with newish asbestos roofs, we want to replace them with slate or tiles, & try to get planning for couple of gites -
does anyone know the approx. cost per sq. mtr. ?
or if we take them down the cost of removal ?
or can we give it to local farmer ?
- any info. would be helpful (just learning to speak French !)
regards Les

bourgogne

Hi Les

Asbestos :scared: do not even attempt to remove it yourself. You wont even find the local tip will accept it for disposal.

I had similar prob with a small outbuilding, I was only told that (even white asbestos) has to be dealt with by a specialist company. ...... after a year i got a quote.........€€€€€€€€€'s, so mask on, and i buried it under the driveway.

Les.

Thanks for that. It has brought us to the decision not to go ahead with the purchase of a property we had in mind. It has masses of asbestos roofing.
Still. Onwards and upwards. Seems that there are loads more to choose from.
Regards. Les.

bourgogne

sorry Les

it's a serious no go zone

dangerous, breaks down in high temps (france) and you cant get rid of it if you wanted.

any notaire worth anything will advise right down to lead in the paint!


eg house next to me, great south facing conservatory ...... asbestos roof!!!! empty for 15 years price 30k€ but to re roof house at least 60k€ and that asbestos??????


avoid and please look real close at even flat tiles on any 30's house these could be too

BEVS

Removing asbestos in any form is an extremely specialised job. Don't touch it yourself :scared: . Its not even work for a jobbing builder. :scared: Its not just the actual removal , its the clean up process of the surrounding areas afterwards.

bourgogne

sound advice

ONE fibre could cause asbestosis in 10-20-30yrs time

(even if i buried mine) :scared:

BEVS

Mechanics, donkeys years ago, used to be told to blow out remains of brake linings to remove any residual dust. Often wonder if any have had chest problems.

bourgogne

i used to work on locomotives with brown and blue asbestos

so dangerous they had to nuke the locos it was strayed on insulation......... oh and our rest room was entirely asbestos too

nice eh LOL cough cough

always in hindsight, but anyone out there suspects its asbestos roofing knock 50% off the price of the house. internals?? dont touch the place more along.

Les.

Thanks everyone. Phew! We backed out and are due to look at a dream of a place which is what we wanted in the first place. Hope this one is better.
Regards. Les.

MarkG

Could, but it's unlikely. As I understand it, the vast majority of asbestosis cases are people who worked with it for most of their lives and were regularly exposed to the fibers.

Heck, I remember playing with chunks of asbestos tile as a kid, and so far I'm still here 30 years later.

Still wouldn't buy a place that needed asbestos ripped out though.

jdr

I used to be a pipefitter on the gasworks contracts in the UK about 40 years ago and remember the laggers mixing up asbestos fibre with water and slapping it on the pipes as lagging, no one said anything about the dangers of it.
If it is a new roof, where did they get it from cos you cant buy it now, maybe it is the new immitation asbestos sheeting, which is safe.

bourgogne

JDR, that could be true

unless they had one of them power washers at it!!!!

tried that next door all looked brand new, except the chimney tops where still real obvious so people looked at the rest LOL

caught!

jdr

bourgogne

i know we joke but its serious

roofing and insulation

probe people

........ i mean probe the house people LOL

jdr

I`ve been looking at the price of houses to renovate and thought they looked cheap, now I know why