Water Leaking Through Asbestos Roof

The difference in the level of exposure whether you have an asbestos roof or not is virtually zero.

Water leaking through asbestos roof.

The trick is not to try to disturb or do anything with the asbestos roof yourself. As long as the leaking water is controlled and disposed of safely there shouldn t be any problems. The drainage for the roof runs down the middle to the back of the garage and the roof itself is a very shallow v shape sloping towards the central drainage. Around the area of the joint water seeps through and i can see some of the roof is damp.

The roof is leaking through the joints in what i believe is asbestos cement corrugated roofing. The way that asbestos fibres can affect your health it does not really matter if you actually live under an asbestos roof or not. I don t want to go to the expense of removing the asbestos and creating a greater pitch so i wonder if there is a material with which the roof can be covered. Regrettably the pitch is very low and as a result when it rains hard the water ingresses and leeks into the garage.

Jeyes fluid using a brush or spray then remove the dead moss with a stiff broom a day or more after treatment. Posted by m forbes if the water is leaking through the roof the asbestos particles will be contained within the water and should therefore not be airbourne. Do not clean the roof unless really necessary as asbestos fibres may be released during the process.