old style gas air vent heating

[FiremanT]

hi agan,

just a question on tbe asbestos ducting.
would this definetly need to be removed or could it be left in place?

I am not sure whether regs allow asbestos not to be removed if left untouched
but if this was the case would a tradesman be happy to lift floorboards
where this stuff is just below?

thanks

You need specialists to remove asbestos.

No.

And, No you don't, necessarily.

OP: if the asbestos os sound and undamaged,there is n requirement to remove it. If you DO do any work on it, then rules apply. In a domestic property, as a householder, you CAN DiY, but do your research BEFORE you start.

Try to ignore HardWork. He really is.

 

[hard-work]

Get a specialist to remove the asbestos. They have the necessary breathing equipment. Ignore FiremanT, he is not that bright.

 

[FiremanT]

Get a specialist to remove the asbestos. They have the necessary breathing equipment. Ignore FiremanT, he is not that bright.

I actually have the "breathing" equipment. I have this as I am asbestos removal qualified, albeit only to cat B.

I also tend to post help that I know is accurate. You, on the other hand..................................

 

[ianmcd]

it is not the ducting that contains asbestos, it is the flue and sometimes the cladding where the WAU is located and inside the unit itself, never seen asbestos ducting

 

[MarcoM]

it is not the ducting that contains asbestos, it is the flue and sometimes the cladding where the WAU is located and inside the unit itself, never seen asbestos ducting

if i were to leave it in place and get someone to install new wet ch under floorboards and sbove ceiling would this be against any regulation and put someone's health at risk?

 

[ianmcd]

no not at all, if it is not disturbed it will be fine

 

[hard-work]

I actually have the "breathing" equipment. I have this as I am asbestos removal qualified, albeit only to cat B.

I also tend to post help that I know is accurate. You, on the other hand..................................

So you do need breathing equipment then. You are not very bright. If you were you would not be ripping out asbestos. But keep it up, as someone has to.

 

[ericmark]

Around 1975 we moved into a new house with hot air central heating, half way through the building the estate the builder went to water, but ours one one of the last with hot air.

The ground floor had the ducts underneath it, we suspect some ducts got stepped on after being rapped in insulation and were likely leaking, also there were vent bricks that would result if heating not on we could feel cold air coming up through the floor boards, the other problem was at the time there was no double glazing so blowing hot air across a window clearly cooled the air down, net result very expensive to run, and also house very dry. We use to put trays of water into air intake to add moisture to the air.

However as far as actually heating the home, it was fast to heat up, we could turn off heating when we went out, and back on when we returned and house hot in 15 minutes, it takes that long for water to circulate in our house now, it would take 1.5 hours for the water central heating to heat the house to same level as the hot air did in half an hour so we could turn off when we went out as so fast to heat when we returned.

The other thing was all rooms even heated, no cold and warm rooms, to get rooms like the hot air did with hot water systems you need TRV's in every room, in 1975 we did not see TRV's so it worked very well. There were return vents in all doors so yes sound travelled even with doors closed. It was as if all doors left open.

There were controls in each room to switch heating on/off, however don't know why, as closing them made very little difference, room still heated up.

However all in all it worked very well, the only real problem was running costs, and today with double glazing and programmable thermostats I am sure the running cost would have dropped, we had floor to ceiling windows back and front you could see us in garden at back as you walked down the street, such massive windows clearly did not help.

All the insulation used was fibre glass.

In the next house we had water to circulate the heat, but we used fan assisted radiators so still blown air, so we had the disadvantage of windows cooling air, but not the super fast warm up time, it was faster than simple radiators but not as fast as blown air, so heating needed to be on a timer so it switched on before we got home, house remained cold too long to switch on as we got home.

 

[FiremanT]

So you do need breathing equipment then. You are not very bright. If you were you would not be ripping out asbestos. But keep it up, as someone has to.

As I said - Hard Work. You are a sad troll, and this will be your last snack from me.
The OP asked 2 questions. Asbestos does not NEED to be removed if sound.
In a domestic property, the householder is allowed to undertake the work.
Questions answered. I then added the rider tbat, before commencing, he needs to do some research.
The "breathing equipment" is simply a mask with a filter of the correct specification .

Now, HW, just crawl away, you are just an embarrassment.

 

[hard-work]

Uneducated amateur.