Lost a house to fire today

[malleefarmer]

Second sunday ive been away from the farm since christmas and not around bugger.

Have a old farmhouse rented out and the single mum and her son live in there and helps us out basically for rent and power a few days a week.

Way way under insured and probably only cover cost of removal. Sadly was one "added" on room must have been done in 60s or 70 maybe 15ft by 15 ft think a storage room in the past anyway is asbestos rest of house zero all brick and stone. All of a sudden clean up has tripled in cost.

Son said we will put respirators on and loaders and get rid of it, sadly i said bad luck phendog they alrerady know its there we cant touch it.

will keep ya posted

[TOM4CWB]

Second sunday ive been away from the farm and not around bugger.

Have a old farmhouse rented out and the single mum and her son live in there and helps us out basically for rent and power a few days a week.

Way way under insured and probably only cover cost of removal. Sadly was one "added" on room must have been done in 60s or 70 maybe 15ft by 15 ft think a storage room in the past anyway is asbestos rest of house zero all brick and stone. All of a sudden clean up has tripled in cost.

Son said we will put respirators on and loaders and get rid of it, sadly i said bad luck phendog they alrerady know its there we cant touch it.

will keep ya posted

Sorry to hear, all the best going forward!
Sincerely,
Tom4cwb

[SASKFARMER]

Sorry to hear that, thank god no one was hurt. Take care.

[blackpowder]

Funny thing with asbestos.
Friend of mine exposed for a few months at a local plant.
He died in his forties and the long term staff still alive. Plant shut down long ago.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

My neighbor was busy crawling around his ceiling adding insulation on top of existing asbestos from decades ago, attempting not to disturb it. Can't remove it, stuck living under it. Made the comment that all of the asbestos used (and encouragement of such) was just another money transfer to Quebec, to help prop up Quebec companies. I hadn't considered that angle before.

[macdon02]

Had a roof fire in the house im in, insurance company paid a contractor to have all the asbestos insulation removed. The guys doing it were not getting paid the big bucks... what an episode. Should of let it burn but at 4am on Christmas eve no one was thinking clearly