Demolish a brick shed

penguine

We are buying a house which has a brick shed at the bottom of the garden in very poor condition (with an asbestos sheeting roof). We have been quoted £850 to demolish it. Does that sound about right?

If we get the roof removed by a professional would it be feasible for my OH to demolish the shed himself? And what equipment would he need (other than a hard hat of course).

Is there any salvage value in the bricks (the house is 1930s so I'm guessing the bricks are too).

Thanks in advance.

Phil_rich

It would be cheaper to get the asbestos sheet removed and then take it down yourself. A nice big sledge hammer would do the job, you could then offer the bricks on freecycle to get someone to take them away free of charge, or if the bricks get smashed up offer it as hardcore.

Phil

lapat

£850 sounds a little cheap

and asbestos skip is around the £500 mark nowadays and its weighed by the ton usually at a minimum of 1 ton cost. and you have to fill in the waste paperwork that is submitted to the local council declaring that you are authorising someone of good reputation(i.e waste carrier) to dispose of the asbestos.

some local coucil tips do still take asbestos but they are few and far between and the asbestos has to be red double bagged and sealed to remove it.
all you need to remove it is asbestos standard mask(as it is outdoors) which can be bought from b&q etc and a good set of gloves,cheap paper disposable overalls and hard hats. and as long as you take it off with smashing it to small pieces. you can also soak the asbstos heaviley with a hose to keep the dust particles down

hope this helps

penguine

Thanks for both your answers. A second builder has now said roughly £800-£1200 but can't be more specific without seeing it, so I guess we have a general upper and lower limit to work with. Our council will take a delivery of well-wrapped asbestos from a homeowner who's just moved into the property so that saves us a little bit of money.