About to buy a Nissen hut

Strictly speaking it should be a Turners Curved Asbestos Hut as the asbestos ones were manufactured by the Turners Asbestos company as I find out a few years back when some in a village not too far from here were mentioned in a talk about surviving WW2 sites in the locality.

But like Hoover for vacuum cleaners of different types most people would understand what was meant.

The Turner Huts are self supporting, Nissan Huts have a frame to which the cladding sheets are attached.

GH

Interesting to see that the Quonset hut was an (inferior) copy, without the inward curve at the base.

nissan don't make huts

If the abestos is the structural support and he's removing it... :)

NT

SO, it's not a Nissan hut. The whole post is bullshit then? WTF do we bother with such idiots?

It could also be an Anderson shelter.

Many were used as coal stores after the war.

Please do not in take my post about what the asbestos huts were really called as being in anyway a an indication of support for you, as I said like Hoover has become a generic name for vacuum cleaners then Nissen hut has become a generic name for a building of that style and shape from that era. As you are such a know all you could easily have written something similar to what I did in the spirit of being informative as many people take a bit of interest in history but instead because you are narcissist ,miserable wretch always anxious to get one over on somebody else you chose once again to choose the confrontational ?I?m superior than you? attitude,often such behaviour is a sign that the person holding it is dead scared of being rumbled that they are not as clever as they would like people to think they are and your postings over the years with numerous mistakes certainly show you are not that bright ,and somewhat grubby ISTR from that tv show.

GH

I am beginning to wonder if the purchase interest is in the land rather than the hut:-)

Otherwise, for a modest sum, I can provide similar section corrugated aluminium sheets. Ex grain silos.

Interesting - and what a nice photo that is!

My question is: the info under the photo says that the huts are still being used as garages. How does this square with current building practices, where -- whenever renovation or other building work is to take place, the building inspectors and safety officers all behave as if asbestos were plutonium or something? [Personally, I'd be using them --- what a gift!]

Cheers John

Not being a building inspector I can only surmise but their are thousands of buildings still in use with components made of Asbestos cement and to be honest I don?t think in the main they do that.

The way to deal with them is well established and not particularly onerous. In situ and not deteriorating just leave them be, if you have to drill a hole or saw a piece then do it wet and strictly the dust should be double bagged and disposed of in a proper facility but in reality a few grammes sealed in a bag and put in the household rubbish is going to be less of a risk than the tons of Asbestos dust blowing freely around the area surrounding roads after 70 odd years of motoring with asbestos based brake pads. If you have to dismantle such a building or components then it can be done DIY if you are fit enough and follow the sensible rules of keeping dust down by dampening as you go and double bagging/ wrapping and marking them correctly . Most council areas have a facility not necessarily your nearest and usually chargeable per bag/or weight. Disposable overalls, gloves and a face mask if you really want to but if the material is wet they are more for personal reassurance than anything. When mother sold the farm I had a small pile of such components to dispose off, Dad had also been a builder starting right after WW2 when these components were the future ,light ,easy too work ,didn?t rot for decades. Cost about £150 at the tip to dispose of the bagged items, a lot cheaper than paying a someone else to do it.

Some of those are more than happy to profit from the concerns that the word Asbestos creates , loose Asbestos should be treated properly which may well be beyond DIY but asbestos cement is relatively benign , Occasionally you find some that has disintegrated but the conditions that cause that generally means it is saturated anyway.

Unfortunately the word Asbestos has become like the term radiation where there are different types and levels of concern with people assuming the worst .

GH

The previous owners of our home left the equivalent of four 6ft x 3ft sheets of corrugated roofing asbestos in bits. Ive called a local company advertising asbestos disposal in the local rag yesterday. He quoted £250 to collect it!

Next door neighbour suggested digging a hole and burying it. With over an acre of available garden I'm tempted.

Mike

At that price just check he has a Waste Disposal Licence, there are a lot o f people masquerading as waste disposers but in reality are just fly tipper s and if the tipping is traced back to you it will be you fined or even jai led if the waste is considered hazardous.

Richard

If you bought that what would be left after you got rid of the asbestos? :)

way easier to double bag & take to the tip

NT