Whats this Building made of?

[Tom]

Described as a Portal frame steel building

that asbestos or galvanised steel?

Thanks

[Phil Anthropist]

Definitely corrugated, but I can't tell what from those photos. If the doors are corrugated asbestos they will be very heavy and prone to cracking (they look like they are at least 10' square). So I would guess that the doors are probably steel.

[Phil Anthropist]

Is there a prize?

[Tom]

Yes, if asbestos the owner gets to keep it.

I have been told it might be 'plastisol' but no one seems to know for sure at the moment. Hopefully it's either galvanised or coated steel, it just looks suspiciously like asbestos to me from the inside, although the corrugated asbestos sheets I have seen elsewhere had wider corrugations.

[Owain]

Have you tried hitting it or sticking a magnet to it? Steel will sound metallic; asbestos or other fibrous board dead.

Owain

[Paul Andrews]

All of the corrugated aspestos I've seen is easily distinguishable from steel because of it's rougher texture and thickness (asbestos sheets are far thicker than galvanised steel).

Surely this is a question the owner can answer easily, or even yourself upon inspection?

Failing that, a close-up would help of the sheets, particularly at an edge/overlap.

Paul

[Edgar Iredale]

8>>>> Is that asbestos or galvanised steel?

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[Denny]

Look at the fixing of the sheeting to the purlins/rails - J-bolts or self/tapping screws

[Tom]

I only have the pictures to go on at the moment, its for sale by a company that are a bit disorganised and the people I have spoken to dont seem to know, the building is in the middle of nowhere I think so they cant just go and try a magnet on it. We are paying for it to be delivered and dont want to find out its asbestos when it turns up, though it probably isn't.

[Guy King]

The message from Tom contains these words:

Looks like corrugated steel to me. Why not ask the vendor?

[Guy King]

The message from Edgar Iredale contains these words:

Bang it! If it's steel it'll go "CLANG".

[Paul Andrews]

Easy. Tell them that you will buy it on condition that it is not constructed using asbestos materials.

Paul

[Mark S.]

Looking at what looks like a join on the back wall I'd have said steel. Asbestos would be too brittle to use as walls like that I think?

Mark S.