Asbestos fencing?????
Quick question......
We've recently moved into a house which is about 12-15 years old, in Perth's northern subs. The fencing surrounding the house is that concrete looking material that a lot of houses around here have. Is this likely to be made with asbestos and if so should we consider having it removed, or at least be careful if drilling into it?? Cheers |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by geordiebloke
(Post 7729920)
Quick question......
We've recently moved into a house which is about 12-15 years old, in Perth's northern subs. The fencing surrounding the house is that concrete looking material that a lot of houses around here have. Is this likely to be made with asbestos and if so should we consider having it removed, or at least be careful if drilling into it?? Cheers The fence is OK, when it gets replaced - the neighbour and I will have to split the cost. I would get it identified before you do anything with it. Our old neighbour was going to merrily smash it down until I told him what it was. It needs to be disposed of in a certain way, if we choose to have it removed, the guy will have breathing equipment on and some sort of bodysuit. We have been told we will have to keep the windows shut and take certain precautions and you have to pay for its disposal - although a guy at work told me if you take it to a certain landfill site for asbestos then you only pay a little bit instead of hundreds, how true that is I do not know. On the top part of our garden where there is new(ish) fencing, the thicko guys that put the new fence up, didnt see fit to pull out all the asbestos from the old one, they just smashed it down and buried it all. Stupidity that beggards belief. Especially as our dog keeps digging it up - he doesnt touch it, he digs it and barks at it:eek:. Our council said asbestos is OK until it is disturbed - cut/drilled/smashed :blink:. So probably safer to get someone to identify it and then take it from there. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
I would advise not drilling into it, or doing anything to it.
Apparently it is not dangerous when in good condition and not disturbed. It does seem that lots of houses around Perth have such fencing. Official rules are: Existing asbestos cement fencing which is place may remain in place. However if the Asbestos fence is damaged and requires repairs, the fence must be removed and disposed of in a particular manner. Asbestos cannot be reused for any purpose - it must be disposed of correctly. |
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Or hire a skip, break down the fence and place the pieces in bottom of skip, fill skip up with other crap, get skip collected. Problem solved - cheaply.
Not that I've ever done anything like that of course. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 7729988)
Or hire a skip, break down the fence and place the pieces in bottom of skip, fill skip up with other crap, get skip collected. Problem solved - cheaply.
Not that I've ever done anything like that of course. And of course, most newcomers to such an area would not be aware of that... |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Any idea when exactly they have stopped using asbestos in housing construction in Australia?
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by Mipik
(Post 7730010)
Any idea when exactly they have stopped using asbestos in housing construction in Australia?
Brown and Blue asbestos, used in construction, was banned in 1987. White asbestos, used mainly for the manufacture of packing and friction materials such as brake and clutch linings, was banned on 31st December, 2003. |
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It's flipping unreal how much stuff is made of asbestos and how late they were using it in Australia! Abatement programmes had been going on in the UK for donkeys' before the Aussies even stopped installing it.
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
(Post 7729996)
And perfectly OK to do that, as long as you aren't aware that it is asbestos ;)
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
(Post 7730384)
It's flipping unreal how much stuff is made of asbestos and how late they were using it in Australia! Abatement programmes had been going on in the UK for donkeys' before the Aussies even stopped installing it.
Blue and brown asbestos (the two most dangerous forms) were banned in Australia in 1987. Two years difference = Donkeys years ? |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
(Post 7730384)
So long, of course, as you, your neighbours or anyone working at the waste site doesn't breathe it in and gets asbestosis because you're too tight-fisted. In Qld the laws on removal are pretty strict, but of course plenty of people ignore them:rolleyes: Lots of schools are full of it, R has done a few schools where its had to be removed, the entire area is sealed off etc, specialist company brought in. Houses, the neighbours are usually pretty clued up;) theres been a few houses recently where someones gone about removing it on the cheap and someones dobbed them in and they get fined, story often appears on local news and paper. However on building sites you hear amazing things, like old blokes who were chopping and sawing it 30 years ago and cause their not dead yet they reckon its safe:eek: Asbestos fences were sawed and drilled and apparently nobody even wore a mask. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
(Post 7730247)
James Hardie, Australia’s largest asbestos manufacturer, who were sued recently, stopped using asbestos in its products in 1987.
Brown and Blue asbestos, used in construction, was banned in 1987. White asbestos, used mainly for the manufacture of packing and friction materials such as brake and clutch linings, was banned on 31st December, 2003. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
(Post 7730384)
So long, of course, as you, your neighbours or anyone working at the waste site doesn't breathe it in and gets asbestosis because you're too tight-fisted.
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by geordiebloke
(Post 7730736)
So I'm guessing, with this in mind, if my house/fence was constructed in the mid 90's, it's unlikely to contain asbestos :confused:
But, you do hear of many people disagreeing with laws, and doing things their own way. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by geordiebloke
(Post 7729920)
Quick question......
We've recently moved into a house which is about 12-15 years old, in Perth's northern subs. The fencing surrounding the house is that concrete looking material that a lot of houses around here have. Is this likely to be made with asbestos and if so should we consider having it removed, or at least be careful if drilling into it?? Cheers |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
(Post 7730384)
It's flipping unreal how much stuff is made of asbestos and how late they were using it in Australia! Abatement programmes had been going on in the UK for donkeys' before the Aussies even stopped installing it.
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by MartinLuther
(Post 7731076)
You might want to read this http://www.kent.gov.uk/business/supp...estos-fact.htm
. If existing asbestos containing materials are in good condition, they may be left in place, their condition monitored and managed to ensure they are not disturbed. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
(Post 7732469)
Wow.. The UK has the same rules as Australia....
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by MartinLuther
(Post 7732549)
It's a strange phenomenon that, for many, migration opens the eyes in the new country but doesn't lift the wool over the eyes of the old country. You see it all the time on here: tax, driving, social attitudes, hoons/joy-riders, bogans/chavs, etc...
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Cheers for the input guys :thumbup:
Will do a bit of digging with the local council just to be 100% |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
(Post 7730790)
But if they, as I said, "aren't aware that it is asbestos" .... where does the tight fisted apply ?
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
(Post 7730559)
Blue and brown asbestos (the two most dangerous forms) were banned in the UK in 1985. (http://www.hse.gov.uk)
Blue and brown asbestos (the two most dangerous forms) were banned in Australia in 1987. Two years difference = Donkeys years ? |
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I would just like to add to this to be bloody careful where asbestos is concerned. My late mother died from asbestos related lung cancer (mesothelioma) and it is a horrible terminal disease and a rotten way to watch someone you love die. Incidentally, she was a teacher all her working career and we presume that she came into contact with asbestos in one of the schools she taught at. Having had a career that spanned 40 years, its impossible to know when/where as the disease can lie dormant for many many years. Sorry for the not very cheery post, but I just would hate to think of anyone taking any chances.
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 7729988)
Or hire a skip, break down the fence and place the pieces in bottom of skip, fill skip up with other crap, get skip collected. Problem solved - cheaply.
Not that I've ever done anything like that of course. I hope not. Obviously you have never seen what inhaling asbestos dust can do to a person. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by geordiebloke
(Post 7732912)
Cheers for the input guys :thumbup:
Will do a bit of digging with the local council just to be 100% |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by Dolly
(Post 7733929)
I hope not. Obviously you have never seen what inhaling asbestos dust can do to a person.
Im a bit concerned if they just start to smash it up when we are at work and we come home to it. Legally I wonder if we can stop them. My guess is that they wouldnt start anything as legally they need us to go halves as its shared. But if I caught them smashing it up, I would have the council down on them like a ton of bricks.:frown: |
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I lived in an asbestos house, and it never DiD me any harm!
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Super 6 fencing (Asbestos) has 7 waves in it and is thinner than Hardifence which has 6 waves and is thicker in the wave
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 7734840)
I lived in an asbestos house, and it never DiD me any harm!
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My grandfather's brother died of asbestosis - of course, that was from when he was working on the docks (in Govan?) and unloaded mounds of powdered asbestos out of the ships by hand! :blink: :blink:
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 7729988)
Or hire a skip, break down the fence and place the pieces in bottom of skip, fill skip up with other crap, get skip collected. Problem solved - cheaply.
Not that I've ever done anything like that of course. What a completely irresponsible and ignorant suggestion to post. Idiot. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by Tooterelli
(Post 7736480)
What a completely irresponsible and ignorant suggestion to post. Idiot.
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Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by Tooterelli
(Post 7736480)
Idiot.
F**k off Arse wipe. |
Re: Asbestos fencing?????
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
(Post 7736912)
It may have been said in jest.... :D
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