Aspestos

[Globalti]

If the material is exposed and is low density blocks of a brittle, creamy coloured plastery material, which is soft and easy to scratch, it's not asbestos, it's a refractory gypsum.

If it is encased in an outer shell and and is a feathery crumbly white material then it is asbestos. I can't imagine that asbestos would have been used because it doesn't have the structural strength (unless mixed into cement as a reinforcer for sheets) to be used in an exposed application, especially with the massive thermal expansion and contraction of a kiln. It would have to be enclosed in some kind of retaining material and the only thing I can think of would be steel mesh, which would simply melt in a kiln. When used to insulate pipework it was always enclosed in an outer wrapper to hold it in place.

Okay?

 

[numbnuts]

It’s a small furnace, so an hours work at the most, to get asbestosis you would have to be working in the industry for years and I do mean years. As all ready stated wet it all down before dismantling, job done

 

[Twenty Inch]

Just get stuck in, rip it out, man, you don't need a pussy mask or overalls, you'll be fine...

(call ME a chimp!)

 

[vernon]

It’s a small furnace, so an hours work at the most, to get asbestosis you would have to be working in the industry for years and I do mean years. As all ready stated wet it all down before dismantling, job done

And transport/relocation,disposal?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

And transport/relocation,disposal?

Any field gateway will do - that's the usual place for getting rid of stuff you can't be bothered to dispose of properly isn't it!?

 

[Globalti]

Bury it in the garden, fer feck's sake.

 

[Hover Fly]

Well in the original post somebody wanted it, but if he changes his mind a couple of stout bin bags (rubble sacks from builders' merchants are good) and down to the local tip. No one checks.

 

[ASC1951]

Someone wants me to help them move an old, home-made potters kiln. ....He knows someone who wants it.

There is your answer, for heaven's sake.

"Here it is, mate. It's free but you have to come and dismantle it because we don't want to break it for you."

 

[Mr Pig]

If it is encased in an outer shell and and is a feathery crumbly white material then it is asbestos.

That's exactly what the stuff on the door looks like, pure white after all these years. The guy who made it is dead and it's at least thirty years old, probably more like forty. He was quite resourceful, it would not surprise me at all if he managed to get hold of aspestos.

Looks like it will be taken away by professionals, thank you for the advice :0)

 

[dellzeqq]

It’s a small furnace, so an hours work at the most, to get asbestosis you would have to be working in the industry for years and I do mean years. As all ready stated wet it all down before dismantling, job done

or hug a man who did. And, before we go any further, disposing of asbestos is governed by law.

The regs are relaxed if Mr. Pig does the work without payment. He should call the local council as a first step and find out where he can take it. If he wants to. But...........

I worked in a building which had a low unprotected asbestos roof for six years. I'm still here to tell the tale. But there is absolutely no way I'd remove something that had friable material which might have a proportion of asbestos in it without checking it out - and calling for the experts if the testers told me that was needed. I appreciate that floor tiles and toilet cisterns are taken to the dump each and every day - but the asbestos content in these is minimal.

Oh - watch out for asbestos rope at the junctions

 

[ACS]

My father’s death was caused by asbestos related cancer (Mesothelioma).

Dormant for many years, 12 weeks from diagnoses to hospice.

Me, I would not even go within a mile of the job

 

[ColinJ]

I honestly wouldn't f*ck about with anything that even might be asbestos! You only need to inhale one fibre and that could cause you to suffer a lingering, painful death.

There used to be an asbestos mill on the hillside above Hebden Bridge. It was one of the biggest local employers. Hundreds of local people have died as a result of working there. It was finally closed down 30 years ago but I still regularly see reports in the local paper of people dying of asbestosis.

If you have time, watch The Dust at Acre Mill (1972) by World in Action on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Also, Alice - Fight For Life: Part 1, Part 2.

 

[Browser]

If you've a concern contact a specialist, it's fairly simple to understand, even for a chimp like me.

 

[postman]

Big letters so you understand .

DO NOT MESS WITH ASBESTOS..

Unless you want a great big whacking fine from your local council.If they find out.

Don't go anywhere near it.

Cannot go into too much more detail.

 

[Fnaar]

Deal with it "asbestos" you can

(gets coat with suspicious fibres hanging out of the padding)