Avoid houses with asbestos cement roofs?

[maria01]

buy the house if you like it

 

[Frankesson]

One thing to consider is that Eternit weathers a bit over time, so asbestos fibers can collect in the soil close to the house. So you might not want to have children playing in the dirt in the beds there... or let them use an angle grinder on the roof.

Otherwise, the Eternit does no harm as long as it stays where it is.

My children almost always play with an angle grinder on the roof, so I agree, it can really be a problem.

 

[Jocke Best]

My children almost always play with an angle grinder on the roof, so I agree, it can really be a problem.

Mine too. But I also use the angle grinder on their eczema. Asbestos clumps also work as muesli with filmjölk.

 

[BiFuel]

Mine too. But I also use the angle grinder on their eczema. Asbestos lumps also work as muesli together with yogurt.

Smart! We usually use it more when the crispbread runs out. And finely ground as glitter powder when the kids want to play fairy tale princesses.

 

[javlaandersson]

One thing to consider is that eternit weathers slightly over time, so asbestos fibers may accumulate in the soil closest to the house. So maybe you shouldn't let the children play in the dirt in the flowerbeds there... or let them use an angle grinder on the roof. Otherwise, the eternit doesn't cause any harm as long as it stays where it is. It shouldn't be a major problem to take it down either if you do it yourself, but hiring someone to take care of it can be expensive.

But stop sitting and guessing, and making things up that it would end up as dirt in the soil.

If you take a walk in a European city or go into the subway in Stockholm, you get a higher dose of asbestos than you get from that roof in a lifetime.

Yes, asbestos can be dangerous if you're heavily exposed in an environment where it's in the dust.
For example, you don't die from drilling once into an asbestos board.

I've worked almost daily with asbestos for 15 years, annual check-ups...

To TS
Buy the house and live well, there's NOTHING to worry about as long as you don't saw or drill so it creates dust.

 

[BiFuel]

But stop sitting and guessing and making up that dirt would end up in the ground

If you take a walk in a European city or go down to the subway in Stockholm, you get a bigger dose of asbestos than you get from that roof in a lifetime

Yes, asbestos can be dangerous if you are exposed a lot in an environment where it is present in the dust
For example, you don't die from drilling once in an asbestos board

I have worked almost daily with asbestos for 15 years, annual checks ...

To TS
Buy the house and live and feel good, there is NOTHING to worry about as long as you don't saw or drill so it dusts

I'm not guessing, this is information I received from a decontamination company that provides asbestos training.

 

[maria01]

I'm not guessing, this is information I received from a remediation company that provides asbestos training.

Who capitalizes on people's fear

 

[dabbeimba]

Bought the house have an inspector coming who can give their opinion as well

 

[maria01]

Bought the house have an inspector coming who can also give their opinion

congratulations now we want to see pictures

 

[Krux]

Bought the house have an inspector coming who can give their opinion as well

Congratulations! Please let us know what the inspector says about it. It would be very interesting to hear.

 

[BiFuel]

Charging based on people's fear

That's not relevant. It was about the claim that I am guessing, which I'm not. Then I don't place any judgment on how scared or not scared people are about their asbestos. I have both Eternit and pipe bends in the basement myself and they don't bother me.

 

[Langhardddd]

Perhaps I can add a little on the subject.
We replaced the roof on our house last year. The previous roof was metal, you know those sheets meant to imitate tiles. Underneath this was an eternity roof. The eternity was in the form of tiles approximately 20x30, all nailed individually.

Got a quote from the roofing company for the removal of the eternity, it would cost about 50000.
Bought a number of proper P3 face masks and asked some friends for help instead and threw the stuff in a rented sealed container. The disposal cost about 7500 including container rental.

The house is about 110 m2 and I don't really know the slope of the roof.

 

[Kulibertikus]

We have a fiber cement roof from '78. As previously mentioned, the fiber cement seems to last for another 40 years. However, what has deteriorated our roof are the edges. The construction is too simple, allowing water to sometimes run off the side of the roof, which has damaged the wooden sheathing. Partly because moss has redirected the water drainage on the roof. We have a 23-degree roof. Even the battens, roofing felt, and eaves flashing are quite worn after 44 years, but the fiber cement is intact!

 

[AG A]

I'm not guessing, this is information I got from a remediation company that provides asbestos training.

If I worked with asbestos remediation, I would also say something similar. If people become afraid of a building material on their house, they want to replace it. Which then leads to more work.
I therefore think you need another source for your claim.