Leaking asbestos garage roof

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jingles8384 wrote: »

Just a quick update - had roofer chap our yesterday to have a look. He's confirmed it is asbestos and has offered a 'fix' that should last 3yrs + for around £300 (bargain!). Essentially, the roof itself should have had rafters (or similar) in place to hold the sheets up - there is currently only one rafter across the centre of the garage (laterally). He's going to fit brackets to either side of the rafter and affix a treated timber baton across the smaller sheets to hold them at the correct angle. Less than a days work and he'll guarantee it until 2019 for us.

Additional bonus, finally met the neighbours on Saturday afternoon and they have the same issue with their roof. They approached the previous owner of our house in 2008/9 and asked about replacing the roof but he wasn't' interested. New plan is to get the roofer chap to quote to replace both roofs with more modern materials and for us to share the costs.

Happy days!

Sounds too good to be true. About 8 years ago I had an asbestos covered roofed garage which had to be replaced. I had to tog up in thick clothes, hat, safety mask, gloves etc to take it down and bag it in industrial plastic bags and take it to the local tip and paid them about £45. I then got an East European (cheaper than British) to install the plastic corrugated sheets which cost me approx £100. He charged £300.