Removing abestos lino?

aaroncaz

My uncle in his 70s, has been offered a Warm Front? grant to install central Heating, but the the firm who came to inspect the house, say the lino has abestos in it, it is old, 1960s maybe, and is in most of the rooms... council is coming out to test it. Does anyone know if he would have to pay to get this lino removed and if so, how much approx? The house is a 2 bed terrace. He lives in birmingham.

moonrakerz

"A common scam if you are selling your house is for a surveyor to suggest you need to remove your asbestos containing linoleum; threatening you with devaluation of your property if you fail to comply.

There is no measurable risk to health from the asbestos content in your linoleum tiles and any contractor who tries to force you to remove it based on this is trying to exploit your ignorance. Similarly, there is no law demanding that you remove the linoleum tiles so don’t let anyone tell you this is a legal requirement."


http://www.asbestoswatchdog.co.uk/residential/help-AsbestosContainingLinoleum.html