The house has Asbestos Soffits (Cement Product Chrysotile on the survey), Ive had them tested. They are not in the greatest state of repair the paint is flaking off them and there are a few holes and cracks in them. These holes have meant that some bees or wasps have made a number of nests in the loft although they look and sound to be vacated now. Id like to remove the soffits but have a feeling that will be costly. Does anyone know if i should be worried about asbestos dust up in the loft? With the wind blowing through them and such? Are there any steps I should take to protect the loft from the asbestos sofits? after reading the forums and the internet i defo have a bit of asbestos paranoia which is putting me off getting up in to the loft, as will be evident with my next question.
here are the soffits you can kind of see the condition they are in
In this picture, its hard to make out, but under the newer insulation, there looks to be some other stuff, again I haven't poked around too much due to aforementioned paranoia Its not a wool like asbestos wool that ive seen pictures of, but it is a brownish material, ill try to get up again tomorrow and get some better pictures of it. would you be worried, I will say I had an asbestos survey done that says they found no asbestos in the loft, but i have no idea how deep they looked into it.
asbestos survey here if anyone would like to see it
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B450ACEVOvtveVhYRTNEd3RHdzQ/view?usp=sharing
From the Images can you tell if the loft floor can support floorboards? Ill update with some measurements tomorrow, but they dont look like the strongest joists to me.
My plan is to possibly pull out the newer insulation, assuming im not too worried about asbestos dust, lay some new joists across the top of the old ones at 90 degrees, put the insulation back and then board over the top of them, does that sound correct and if so, should it all be secured together, or could I just lay it on top?
anything to concern you from the images? I'm going to head into the loft tomorrow to take some measurements and some more photos
here are the soffits you can kind of see the condition they are in
In this picture, its hard to make out, but under the newer insulation, there looks to be some other stuff, again I haven't poked around too much due to aforementioned paranoia Its not a wool like asbestos wool that ive seen pictures of, but it is a brownish material, ill try to get up again tomorrow and get some better pictures of it. would you be worried, I will say I had an asbestos survey done that says they found no asbestos in the loft, but i have no idea how deep they looked into it.
asbestos survey here if anyone would like to see it
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B450ACEVOvtveVhYRTNEd3RHdzQ/view?usp=sharing
From the Images can you tell if the loft floor can support floorboards? Ill update with some measurements tomorrow, but they dont look like the strongest joists to me.
My plan is to possibly pull out the newer insulation, assuming im not too worried about asbestos dust, lay some new joists across the top of the old ones at 90 degrees, put the insulation back and then board over the top of them, does that sound correct and if so, should it all be secured together, or could I just lay it on top?
anything to concern you from the images? I'm going to head into the loft tomorrow to take some measurements and some more photos
