Recent costs of disposing of old asbestos flue?

[Agile]

Recently I was asked what the likely cost of removal and disposal of an old asbestos cement flue might be.

This is at high first floor level and about 2 m tall. I would guess about 30-35kg weight and probably too heavy to remove using a ladder. So might need a few sections of scaffolding tower.

I had to answer that I have no recent experience of the likely costs.

So does anyone have any idea what kinds of costs might be involved?

On R4 today a private midwife was quoted to be about £12,000! Only needs to do one birth every three months at that rate!

 

[Notch7]

Are you retraining as a private midwife?

 

[Koolpc]

Asbestos midwife i think is his new job...

 

[DAZB]

Prices can vary from between 50p to £2 per kilo although some Councils will collect it for free while others have a fee so worth checking their websites.
Richmond Upon Thames, for example, charge £44 for up to 200kg according to .....

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[Agile]

Thats an interesting link and I will send it to the customer who is interested.

I drove past an asbestos mine in Zimbabwe and the ground was all white around it. I expect I closed all the car windows and almost stopped breathing.

I also identified some asbestos pipe lagging on some 15" diameter pipes in a loft area where I was to fit two boilers. It was owned by a charity and I explained the problem to the boss and what they needed to do. It was a long time ago and they got a very good value removal because the firm had a cancellation and were pleased to have a job to fill a week. I think it was well less than £2000.

 

[ChrisJP]

Recently I was asked what the likely cost of removal and disposal of an old asbestos cement flue might be.

This is at high first floor level and about 2 m tall. I would guess about 30-35kg weight and probably too heavy to remove using a ladder. So might need a few sections of scaffolding tower.

I had to answer that I have no recent experience of the likely costs.

So does anyone have any idea what kinds of costs might be involved?

On R4 today a private midwife was quoted to be about £12,000! Only needs to do one birth every three months at that rate!

I'm struggling to understand what training as a private midwife has got anything to do with asbestos flue removals, or do you think such removals are all part of a midwife's skill set?

 

[Agile]

I was just quoting the extremely high charges for private midwives as another area where charges for some work seems far too high.