We re all aware of the health risks here.
Neighbours asbestos roof.
Just because they are a builder doesn t mean they are competent to deal with asbestos.
The more weathered your roof gets the more risk there is of deterioration which might expose your family and neighbours to harmful asbestos fibres.
We ve heard from some property owners that asbestos roofing makes a property more difficult to sell.
It s been ratting around in the current storm.
The pragmatic answer to this question is simply this.
Inform your neighbours of the proposed work and advise them to close doors and windows while the work is being undertaken.
Homes with asbestos roofs are also likely to be more expensive to insure.
Your neighbour s may have asbestos roofs.
The question to your neighbour should be whether the contractor is competent.
It might be worth discussing this with your neighbour because it is their house garden as much as yours that would be at risk if they use a contractor who isn t competent.
I m unsure of what to do.
You may live near an industrial area where there are many hectares of asbestos roofs and there may be other asbestos products that we do not know about that is close by.