Garage Roof Leaking Asbestos

Hello i m hoping someone can offer advice with regard to my leaking roof.

Garage roof leaking asbestos.

Regrettably the pitch is very low and as a result when it rains hard the water ingresses and leeks into the garage. By mandyspangles thu jul 17 2014 1 53 pm. Here s eight easy ways to fix your deteriorating bolts and washers safely seal asbestos sheets and fix those leaky cracks in your roof. I understand that there are different kinds of asbestos blue brown and white with blue being the most dangerous.

Warning signs that show your asbestos garage roof is on its way out asbestos was used in construction for most of the 20 th century in the uk. Some sources of asbestos may include walls roofs and the linings of the ceiling. Over the years it has become very porous. Refurbish with a specialist coating.

4 posts page 1 of 1. Oh and never stand on corrugated asbestos. The drainage for the roof runs down the middle to the back of the garage and the roof itself is a very shallow v shape sloping towards the central drainage. My garage was built in the 1930 and has a roof cover off sheets of corrugated asbestos.

From going inside and having a look around the roof on my side is made up of several large sheets of asbestos running towards the centre from the outside wall with some smaller pieces making up the gap between the end of these sheets and the central drainage. My garage is i believe a 1980s kit one with a corrugated asbestos roof. Leaking asbestos garage roof how to better seal up leaks. Repairing your leaking asbestos roof has never been more straightforward.

If the material has become porous then a coat of sealer should cure the problem. If you have a garage roof made from asbestos and it s in excellent condition it may not be hazardous to your health. However if the asbestos garage roof is disturbed or beginning to deteriorate its fibres become airborne and dangerous if inhaled.