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Asbestos Roof Repair

  • 13-08-2010 9:19am
    #1
    johnstown
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    Have a large asbestos sheeted shed. There are a few holes in it, nothing too big. Anyone have any success stories in repair of such holes? Due to the size of the holes, replacement sheeting (or partial sheeting) would not be suitable. The holes are around the size of a box of cigarettes or smaller.

    I am well aware of the dangers of working with the material and that it can be quite brittle, i.e. dust is dangerous and it is also dangerous to walk on (without maybe placing planks across for support).

    I was thinking fibreglass with the resin you mix yourself. I have used this in the past for certain repair jobs and found it very good. However, in this instance I would imagine that moving around on the shed would be quite slow and thus the resin would probably start hardening etc. Another option would be cutting pieces of plastic corrugated sheeting and sticking there over the holes with some adhesive.


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    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    johnstown wrote: »
    Have a large asbestos sheeted shed. There are a few holes in it, nothing too big. Anyone have any success stories in repair of such holes? Due to the size of the holes, replacement sheeting (or partial sheeting) would not be suitable. The holes are around the size of a box of cigarettes or smaller.

    I am well aware of the dangers of working with the material and that it can be quite brittle, i.e. dust is dangerous and it is also dangerous to walk on (without maybe placing planks across for support).

    I was thinking fibreglass with the resin you mix yourself. I have used this in the past for certain repair jobs and found it very good. However, in this instance I would imagine that moving around on the shed would be quite slow and thus the resin would probably start hardening etc. Another option would be cutting pieces of plastic corrugated sheeting and sticking there over the holes with some adhesive.

    We have an aspestos roof on a shed. I remember my grandfather, almost 25 years ago, repairing small holes with felt and tar. he's put on a dab of tar and then a layer of felt and keep doing it until he had built up at least 4 layers of felt.
    25 years later, its still there.


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