Is this an asbestos roof

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Author Message   Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration (Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration) Senior Member Username: Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration Post Number: 155 Registered: 04-2007 Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 06:56 am:        More importantly, you do not have to remove it. Not even California will force a property owner to remove asbestos roofing ... imagine the difficulties in economically depressed areas if they tried to do so.   Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 630 Registered: 01-2009 Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 - 07:15 pm:        Does it leak? If it isn't broken, why try and fix it?   John_chan (John_chan) Senior Member Username: John_chan Post Number: 79 Registered: 08-2006 Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 - 06:35 pm:        You can have it tested, but it looks like asbestos from the pictures. I just looked at a corrugated asbestos roof here in New Orleans on the back shed of a house with slate. It was confirmed to be asbestos by a lab.   Drsushap (Drsushap) New member Username: Drsushap Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2011 Posted on Monday, May 09, 2011 - 01:16 pm:        Hi, I just bought my house 4 -years ago.....it was inspected...nothing said about the roof on a small portion of the house... A contractor was here today, about something else and told me that this roof was asbestos and neeeded or had to be removed....I am attaching photos of the roof.......Can u tell buy looking at a photograph? How do I determine if it is asbestos? Do I need to remove it? Is it a problem as it is? Thanks.