Reply to: Asbestos removal home office

[Hobosapien]

You more likely to die from air pollution.

Hope so, or the vehicles that cause the air pollution. They're easier to spot.

[Lance]

It's come to light during refurbishment of a single room in my home (where all my office work is undertaken) that there is asbestos within the tiles on the roof.

have you rung (rang?) your council? They may well take it as domestic waste for free. I did a few years ago and all they asked was that I booked it in and double-bagged it.

[SueEllen]

I'm still waiting for asbestosis from playing around in some old garages built of the stuff when I was a kid, where there were lots of broken panels/tiles.

These days the equivalent risk to lung disease/cancer may be microfibre, carbon fibre, silica dust, ... anything with small enough particles to get deep into the lungs where the normal mucus protection is useless.

Ain't tech wonderful.

You more likely to die from air pollution.

[Hobosapien]

Back in the dim and distant past when I was at school, you got your own little personal asbestos sheet for science classes. Carried it about in your school bag too

I'm still waiting for asbestosis from playing around in some old garages built of the stuff when I was a kid, where there were lots of broken panels/tiles.

These days the equivalent risk to lung disease/cancer may be microfibre, carbon fibre, silica dust, ... anything with small enough particles to get deep into the lungs where the normal mucus protection is useless.

Ain't tech wonderful.

[TestMangler]

Back in the dim and distant past when I was at school, you got your own little personal asbestos sheet for science classes. Carried it about in your school bag too

[barrydidit]

My local big tip will take asbestos on appointment, it needs to be double bagged in thick plastic sealed with tape.

That's andyw's mums monthly bed sheet launderette trip you're thinking of.

There are 4(?) different types of asbestos of varying degrees of nastiness. Unless you know which you've got, and how it should be removed, I'd not touch it.

[MrMarkyMark]

My local big tip will take asbestos on appointment, it needs to be double bagged in thick plastic sealed with tape.

Packed for export to China

[Archangel]

My local big tip will take asbestos on appointment, it needs to be double bagged in thick plastic sealed with tape.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Are you sure about this? You might not need an expert but surely you've got to dispose of them properly?

Depends on the council, some will accept some types of asbestos-containing materials for free at the local tip.

[northernladuk]

You can claim the mileage to the recycling centre because the tiles came from the office roof

You can? Didn't they come of the room in the OP's house that the office rents?

they are still intact just take them off the roof and drop them in the skip or take them down the local recycling you don't need an expert to remove them.

Are you sure about this? You might not need an expert but surely you've got to dispose of them properly?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

That's probably the most original one have come across in a while.

With their first post too...

[Support Monkey]

Many tiles both roof and floor have asbestos in them, they are not a danger unless they are breaking up and the particles are airborne (you drill through them creating dust), if they are still intact just take them off the roof and drop them in the skip or take them down the local recycling you don't need an expert to remove them.

You can claim the mileage to the recycling centre because the tiles came from the office roof

[Darren at Fox-Bartfield]

Asbestos

That's probably the most original one have come across in a while.

[jbond007]

Is it wholly and exclusively for business purposes? Being in your main home, the answer to that is almost certainly no.

So that would be no.

Congratulations for coming up with an original "Can I claim this..." though.

[northernladuk]

Hi,

It's come to light during refurbishment of a single room in my home (where all my office work is undertaken) that there is asbestos within the tiles on the roof.

Would I be able to claim the professional disposal of this material as an expense within my Ltd company?

Thanks,

Jez

There is your answer right there.