Replacing corrugated asbestos-cement garage roof

Simon · 2006-05-16T11:06:10+00:00

My garage has corrugated asbestos-cement garage roof, which is crackedbeyond repair (I've emergency-sealed cracks and new ones now appear) soI want to replace it. (I know my local tip will take it with advancenotice).The company that built it will replace it for not a great deal of money(about 250 quid I was quoted last year I think) but they will usefibre-cement sheets.However I've seen that you can get bitumen type corrugated sheets fromB&Q/wickes etc for about 7 quid a pop.So the question is, which is the best material for a garage roof? Ikinda get the feeling that with fibre-cement it'll have the samebrittle characteristics and will degrade over not many years. Are thebitumen sheets any better/worse?Thanks,Simon

May 16, 2006 21 Replies

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Brian Gaff 10 years ago

Well, hope you got the asbestos disposed of correctly. And by the way, the plastic sheets are also terrible in that constant baking and freezing makes the stuff brittle in about three years and the next wind rips it off. Brian

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Martin Bonner 10 years ago

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