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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Roland S on September 06, 2013, 12:23:21 am

Title: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Roland S on September 06, 2013, 12:23:21 am

I occasionally have to clean asbestos gutters with a gutter vac and being asbestos the moss and Crud sticks to them a lot more than plastic and I generally have to give them a bit of a scrape with the nozzle. Is this safe do you think with the type of asbestos used to make gutters?

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Darranvps on September 06, 2013, 08:58:54 am

Go on an asbestos awareness course

We do thousands of gutters and we don't touch asbestos ones

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Blue Sky 2 on September 06, 2013, 04:58:06 pm

Take a look at www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos you will find work sheets a10 and em5 helpful.


Sean

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Rob_Mac on September 06, 2013, 05:06:27 pm

I wouldn't be scraping asbestos. As already said - you shouldn't be touching it really, It needs to be encapsulated. You are opening up a right can of worms.

Walk away!

I went to Bristol to price a clean a couple of years ago, corrugated white asbestos - job value - approx £60 000 - had to walk away.

One of the team has his tickets - We would do it now!

Don't underestimate this field.

Rob ;D

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: wpclean on September 06, 2013, 07:08:49 pm

I have never seen these types of guttering, what do they look like ?

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Rob_Mac on September 06, 2013, 07:16:43 pm

They are older. There wont be many properties with them on anymore.

I am guessing on Council houses but I never saw one in all the time I was window cleaning.

Rob ;D

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Smudger on September 06, 2013, 08:02:00 pm

Seen a few usually quite wide half moon shaped and very similar looking cast iron
Most have been painted always best to check before starting to clear/clean

If its asbestos we don't touch it

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Roland S on September 06, 2013, 08:42:20 pm

cheers for the advice. from what i've read white asbestos which is what most gutters and corrugated roofing etc is made from is much safer than the blue or brown asbestos so i think i'll live touch wood, but i shall steer clear of it in future.

sean, yes i read that after i posted, i won't bother though. do you clean them?

and samson this is what it looks like (http://www.gutteringuk.co.uk/storage/fibre-cement-products/fc-150mm-gutter-access-large/150mm-Gutter-FC-LG.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1338154213230), although as smudger says it's usually painted.

thanks again

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Blue Sky 2 on September 08, 2013, 01:52:34 pm

yes we clean them, but not with a vac

Title: Re: cleaning asbestos gutters
Post by: Roland S on September 08, 2013, 07:29:07 pm

Quote from: Blue Sky 2 on September 08, 2013, 01:52:34 pm

yes we clean them, but not with a vac

if i get any decent ones come up i'll send then your way then.