Hi,
We had our boiler replaced last week. When the boss of the company came round to give us a price, he said that the existing flue was probably asbestos cement - apparently not a problem as they would remove it carefully and were licensed to transport it.
I went up in the loft after they had 'finished' the job and found that the top of the old flue had been snapped/smashed off level with the joists and dumped up there (plus the rest of the flue has been left in situ). There are fragments of (presumably asbestos) cement on the loft insulation near to where it had been broken, and also some fragments have dropped down the old pipe into the kitchen (new boiler has gone into the airing cupboard).
I'm just looking for some advice about what I should do about it? I'm worried that the loft, landing and kitchen are now potentially contaminated. Obviously I'm pretty angry as I could have done a much safer job if I'd done it myself!
Many thanks
We had our boiler replaced last week. When the boss of the company came round to give us a price, he said that the existing flue was probably asbestos cement - apparently not a problem as they would remove it carefully and were licensed to transport it.
I went up in the loft after they had 'finished' the job and found that the top of the old flue had been snapped/smashed off level with the joists and dumped up there (plus the rest of the flue has been left in situ). There are fragments of (presumably asbestos) cement on the loft insulation near to where it had been broken, and also some fragments have dropped down the old pipe into the kitchen (new boiler has gone into the airing cupboard).
I'm just looking for some advice about what I should do about it? I'm worried that the loft, landing and kitchen are now potentially contaminated. Obviously I'm pretty angry as I could have done a much safer job if I'd done it myself!
Many thanks