Garage roof replacement. Corrugated to EDPM

Cheers for all the replies. It's useful being able to get some advice from people who are in no way going to gain by my decision and just good enough to take the time to offer some useful opinions.

To clear up a few things. There is no plant thats living next to the garage any more. I think all that is there had grown through and then the plant was cut down, the remains are just lurking.

I came to the decision about replacing by working from the simplest idea of removing all the old bits of plant, then thinking....hmm. maybe i could take the roof sheets off, tidy things up and make sure there are no leaks etc. Then thinking, well if they are coming off is there anything better to go on. ( I think this process comes from working on the bikes!) Then finding out they are asbestos and as mentioned the fear factor comes in. My Dad suffered with cancer a year back and I wouldnt want my GF to have to go through what my mother and the rest of the family did. Extreme? maybe...but I can always get another £500 (cost to get it removed). I cant get another set of lungs or another life if it all goes **** up.

Yes it is my first house and yes i ( we) have got some money left over. Well yes and no. I did alot of research when looking to buy a house and have been saving for years. I'm 23 now and moved in with my Girlfriend of 4 years. It's not been easy and we've not been on exotic holidays or bought new cars etc so its not been handed on a plate and its certainly not been a walk in the park! We aimed to have some left over after our deposit, stamp duty etc etc, to allow for furnishing the house etc. Bikes are my passion and I want the garage to be a nice place to work on them. Some people would spend £1000-2000 on a holiday, a car or maybe even booze and drugs. I'll get more enjoyment out of the garage!

YPVS is indeed the powervalve system mentioned above. I've got an RD350 YPVS on the road at the moment along with a few projects that need me to get a garage to work on them! I have been doing motocross all of last year but sold the bike prior to moving in here.

I'll certainly be getting security sorted prior to bikes going in there. Have had motocross bikes and road bikes in both rented and private garages in the area for a while now and not yet had any break in's and also have a few contacts in the area who I would go straight to if it ever did.

So, thanks for all the advice. I think I'm going to tackle it myself under the supervision of a family friend who used to be in the trade. I'll probably pay someone to get rid of the current roof and then buy the edpm kit and materials. Still not looked into the costs of the joist hangers and the timber for the joists.

Removal of asbestos £500
EDPM kit 10x20ft £450
joists, hangers, boards etc ??

 

I can take it to a local dump but as i said, if theres the chance it can cause cancer, id rather leave it to the proffesionals. If i do it myself ill have to buy the asbestos bags, p3 masks, overals, gloves, footwear that all has to be chucked. and get a friend to help.

 

Worthing west sussex.

 

Toys, yes! In the sense that its not a tool. I use it for fun not for getting around. Well said Phil. The RD is definitly an icon That engine is fantastic. Beats any 4 stroke hands down for the grin factor as do most 2 stroke bikes. Once ive got the garage sorted im starting my TZR 350 project. An rd350 ypvs engine is going into a TZR125RR which is one of the race rep italian Yamahas.