Cemtex disposal

[Sasha_Klamp]

My house is covered with a sort of textured cement like artex only its cement so thats why it was called cemtex when it was put on in

1931 but now its got cracks in it and some bits have come off. I can't find a builder who can repair it or who knows anything about it and my boyfriend says the best thing to do is to get it all off and paint on some water seal stuff to protect the bricks. But when I asked at the local hardware shop about how to remove it they said I should get in touch with the council as there could be restrictions and rules and regulations about what I could put in a skip and when I did that they told me that they were not licenced for cemtex removal and that I would have call in the army who would blow it up where it was. I dont want my house to be blown up so is there anything else I van do? Could I get away with puting a bit of it into the rubbish bin each week or are there sites that are licenced for cemtex disposal?

[Alex]

No I think having it all blown up is the only way.

alex

[Christian McArdle]

Perhaps they got confused with Semtex?

Christian.

[M.Pitt]

On 20 Oct 2005 01:24:34 -0700, Sasha_Klamp assembled some one and zeroes in mesage id :

Warm it up with a ciggy lighter or a blowlamp. When you get it warm enough all of a sudden it will disapear in a flash. Brush off the soot that will be left behind and Robert is your mothers brother.

[Aidan]

How very humorous.

It is cement textured render. Tell them it is cement mortar; it is.

They're suggesting it is Semtex, a high explosive, in the mistaken belief that they are being funny.

[Roger Hunt]

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, M.Pitt typed this :

And it sorts out any unsightly nasal hairs too. And eyebrows.

[Rusty]

No, cemtex is real. Here's a web page with a academic thesis on the subject:

[Matt Beard]

This is the stuff the OP is on about:

They may be able to advise, though they are based in South Africa so it may be best to e-mail them.

[Christian McArdle]

Given that the render was apparently applied in 1931 and that polypropylene (the material used in the cemtexfibres.com site) was invented in the early

1950s, I hereby conclude that the materials are not the same, unless some of the salient facts are not correct...

Christian.

[Aidan]

Yawn. It wasn't funny the forst time around.

It still isn't.

[Sn!pe]

Who are these strange humourless people invading our serene Shed?

[Guy King]

The message from [e-mail] (Sn!pe) contains these words:

[Kate Dicey]

We need the Professor of Unreal Parapsychology...

[Ali Hopkins]

Ali

[Sn!pe]

Is there a cure?

[Guy King]

The message from [e-mail] (Sn!pe) contains these words:

Not as such, but retreat to the shed is an excellent palliative.

[Sn!pe]

Yup, that's what /my/ vShed is molished from; it's proper tree-wood, y'know.

[Henry]

Hmm, South Africa, fibres bonded by cement, I would hazard a guess that the business is the same and they have changed the fibres used from asbestos to polypropylene for fairly obvious reasons.

Deary me, the way the asbestos disposal business is these days I bet it would be easier and cheaper to dispose of it if it was Semtex.

Henry

Henry

[Sena]

No. What's happening is that the OP is trolling, fully aware of what it does. It's been seen before asking silly questions and never sticking around for the answer. Ignore it and it may go away.

[Sena]

Have you bin reading Piers Anthony?