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As you mention, Asbestos is absolutely fine until it starts degrading, then it becomes an issue, and you have to have a specialist company in to remove and dispose of.
I had an asbestos roof, big sheets rather than tiles. I took it all off with my brother over a few days a year or so ago, it is currently stacked at the bottom of my garden waiting for disposal. just for the disposal skip is going to cost me about £5k, so if you add the removal cost to that, it isn't going to be a cheap job, I would ring round and get some quotes, just so you have an idea how much it will cost eventually.
Sam_w
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Anyone have any experience with asbestos roof tiles? Looked at a 1933 terraced house at the weekend and it has them, all the other houses have them and I have a friend who owns one of the others in the terrace who said shes had no issue with them at all.
none of the ones on the house we were looking at looked in anyway problematic but a little bit of digging suggests these have a life of no more than 100 years which means a replacement roof would be due in 2030ish.
As first time buyers we are a bit nervous about diving in so want somewhere that just ticks the boxes and this house seems perfect apart from that.