Painting asbestos garage roof

[DONNA1458]

i know you need to be very careful when dealing with asbestos, i need to know what paint to use to stop it leaking in three places a new one is out of the budget and i need to put my belongings in there as im having a rewire. TIA

[Buenchico]

Asbestos is 100% safe as long as it remains in one solid piece. However abrading it leads to small particles finding their way into the air. Just one of those (nearly invisible) particles entering your lungs could result in asbestos-related disease (possibly many years later). So you should take great care not to knock, crack or abrade the surface of the asbestos and, of course, wear a mask (preferably with an overall which can't harbour small particles of asbestos, which might later be released into the air).

Also remember that asbestos roofs aren't load-bearing. Don't try standing, or kneeling, directly on the roof.

Having got that lot out of the way, see Luke Smith's post here for an answer to your question:
http://www.howtomendit.com/answers.php?id=3504

Chris

PS: Since you only require the roof to be waterproof for a short period, a large plastic sheet on the roof (weighted down with a few bricks) might be a simpler solution.

[BillyBB]

Corrugated asbestos is not friable and is unlikely to release dangerous fibres, having said that take note that an ordinary dust mask will not give any protection as the filtration is not fine enough. Get a proper P3 rated quality mask and wear disposable overalls.
There are some thick gloopy roof sealants that you can practically pour on even when wet, but they are expensive for a large area. If your roof is flaky then doing it when wet is an advantage.
Working on asbestos cement and roof sections does not come under the licensing regulations in the UK.

[dothawkes31]

My son has been cladding 3 chicken sheds over the summer that were all asbestos, they have used that green corrugated sheeting to cover over the old asbestos and seal it in, which is so much cheaper than the correct disposal of the asbestos, which would have crumbled after decades of being perfectly fine! He had to wear all the gear as listed above, and also the local authority sent a man out occasionally to check the work was to the regulations, it was quite stressful.