If you involve a specialised removal firm it's super expensive and stalls your project by weeks. I was advised by the builder I could just remove a few plates o

If you involve a specialised removal firm it's super expensive and stalls your project by weeks. I was advised by the builder I could just remove a few plates of asbestos myself, about half a day of work, most of which was spent getting the right plastic bags and then driving them to the correct dump, the actual removal of the asbestos plates took minutes. Used mask etc, but really a single exposure was a very acceptable risk for me to save on cost and time. (There's different types of asbestos, some more dangerous than others, so you should do a bit of research into what you're doing)