asbestos cement (??) corragated roof panels??

Were they used in the States/Canada? If so, what do you folks go thru to replace them? Or have you just covered them??

Asbestos is a bad word. You want to keep quiet and
do the work yourself. I wouldn't go posting about it
on the web. If you tear it off you may have trouble
getting rid of it unless you can (again
quietly)dispose of it yourself.

(quoted from post at 13:56:58 02/04/12) Asbestos is a bad word. You want to keep quiet and
do the work yourself. I wouldn't go posting about it
on the web. If you tear it off you may have trouble
getting rid of it unless you can (again
quietly)dispose of it yourself.

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Exactly... It was actually a two part ??? but I got interupted and didn't put the second in before submitting....

Anyway, I have one roof with this stuff on it. About 30 ft from the big picture window of a world class neighbor... If I even set foot on the roof with the appearance of doing anything to it, the cops will be called and the fines will start...

About 10 years ago, we were at a kind of fair for all the new stuff and someone had these things (brackets?) that were like saddles with a key hole type slot. Idea was, loosen a screw on the panel, slip the keyhole slot over, lock it in and tighten the screw again. Then, lay/fasten purlins to the brackets and put on tin roofing above without having to dispose of anything.... Wondering if these may have come from the States or Canada......

wasn't that stuff called transight used on lots of barracks

paint it red and sell it as antique barn roofing for twice the price.

(quoted from post at 14:31:37 02/04/12) paint it red and sell it as antique barn roofing for twice the price.

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Gotta clean a bunch of moss off of it... Love to paint it because there is nothing wrong with it.... Just gotta get that neighbor to go on vacation so I can brush/wash it off and paint...

Yep it was/is being used in the US. It is great stuff, won't rot, won't burn. Without compelling reason I would not replace it. I have been an asbestos consultant since the 1980's. On the air side asbestos is regulate by the Clean Air Act, Asbestos NESHAP. NESHAP is the national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants. What you have is considered a Catagory 2 nonfriable material. It is exempt. Also exempt are single family dwellings. It remains exempt so long as it is no, grinding, drilling, abrading or excessive smashing. So, to answer your question, so long as you remove it carefully and mimimize breakage it is just regular garbage/construction debris. That is under the federal rules, your state, county and the landfill guy may have different ideas. Transite is actually a brand name, but like Zerox and Klenex it is used to describe all similar products. The US Supreme Court cancelled the Consumer Product Safty Comisssion ban on nonfriable asbestos. So now it is legal to import, sell and install (although you are insane if you do). Don't know about Germany though, they tend to have stricter environmental rules. For example, lead paint was outlawed (sort of)in the US in 1978. In Germany it was in 1847.

(quoted from post at 16:16:49 02/04/12) Don't know about Germany though, they tend to have stricter environmental rules. For example, lead paint was outlawed (sort of)in the US in 1978. In Germany it was in 1847.

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Just checked on shingle prices this morning... Clay or cement tiles 6-8 euro a square meter (under $1 per sq ft)... less than $1k for shingles but 8k+ to remove the roof panels and get rid of them.......

Transit, yes it was also used in water pipes,
probably still is. It's those old "concrete" water
mains you see, wanna glass of water?

I would just cover it if you can do it without
causing any dust, In the paper mill all the roof
decking was transite and as long as we didn't mess
with it it wasn't considered a problem. If any of it
had to be removed for remodeling then it was done by
a hazardous material contractor ($$$$)!

We used to call them Roof Brackets. Get them nailed down good about 4 Ft. apart,throw a long 2X4 on the top side so it would be bracketted by the C part of the bracket and get to work roofing.