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Asbestos Cement Flue Pipe Removal

5 years ago

Hi,

Has anyone experience with specialist companies removing asbestos cement flue pipes from inside a chimney breast?

Any advice too will be most welcome.

Thanks

Shirley

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Ribena Drinker
5 years ago
When we were doing my mother's house to sell, we had what we thought was an asbestos pipe of a defunct warm air central heating unit from the 60's.

The plumber advised us it wasn't in fact asbestos, but some other material (the name of which escapes me at the moment) and he was happy to remove it himself.

So it may be worth having it confirmed as asbestos (if you haven't already) before going to expense of having an asbestos removal firm in.
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