Friday 17 May 2013

Asbestos update

Following the discovery of some small amounts of asbestos cement I decide to extract it myself and take it to the City Tip/dump  which is a regular haunt  of mine (now called a recycling centre).

Following reasonable safety measures I chip away around some small packers under the front door threshold (the Surveyors must have known they were there or maybe they planted them)  taking nearly 2 hours. Also transfer all the debris containing some roofing sheet to bags and double bag and tape every item.

The routine is very strict, phone the council - who phone the tip to establish that there is sufficient room in the container, which there is.  Drive to the tip; what is it?, is it double bagged and how many bags - 3.  Drive to the non public area of the site feeling like a bomb disposal expert, carefully load the bags into the container and drive off without looking back.


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