Identify garage roof material

irishguy

Can anyone tell me what material this is. Its covering an old garage and is in large corrugated sheets nailed down.

banie01

Looks like asbestos to me, albeit with an inexpert eye.

zidac

I expect its a type of industrial corrugated sheets that came from factory or warehouse, someone picked up along the way probably roofer.

Its very well fitted thought it appears not to overlap.

embracingLife

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embracingLife

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119465912#Comment_119465912

It's asbestos as banie01 correctly mentioned.

zidac

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119466095#Comment_119466095

That's what i thought at first, what material is the capping? they look the same material to me. The OP will tell us if it can be hit with a hammer without breaking and then we will know for sure.

It may be asbestos with lead capping.

embracingLife

Capping? The op never mentioned that. Now you're dragging out a non issue.

By the looks of it it's probably asbestos as well or concrete (sand & cement).

Now you want the op to hit it with a hammer and report to you for your curiosity?!

irishguy

Thanks guys. I was thinking it's asbestos, but wasn't sure. Photo was taken at the front and it wraps around the side c 20sqm, so I doubt it will be cheap to remove if it is.

Capping seems to be tile painted, it's not lead and I won't be hitting it with a hammer just yet 🙂

chooseusername

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119465912#Comment_119465912

The short bottom piece does not appear to match the corrugations of the longer top piece so the overlap would never work properly.