Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely.
Brick over asbestos siding.
Almost every piece of brick and mortar constructed before the mid 1980s has asbestos in it as a primary component.
Alternatively if you leave the asbestos on your home you can safely seal the old siding underneath the new siding and because asbestos is an excellent insulator you will actually be adding to the energy efficiency of your home by leaving it on.
Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find.
Run two sets of comps.
Chrysotile asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral in california montana new england and quebec.
Unless asbestos siding is disturbed it doesn t pose a significant health hazard and does not need to be removed.
Yeah dom mas when you mentioned the eskimos i went and looked up some asbestos stuff as well.
Both the epa and the vinyl siding institute recommend not disturbing asbestos if at all possible.
When deciding what to do with the property.
Most siding companies are well experienced at techniques for covering over existing asbestos cement siding with new vinyl aluminum or fiber cement siding.
Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but.
When i was about 7 i lived outside philly at my grandfathers.
Asbestos was widely used in drywall manufacturing across the u s.
To cover it with either hardy board or do brink in front and do siding on the rest of the house it is going to cost about 5 8k depending on how big your house is.
We found asbestos bricks and slab materials as well as asbestos wet pack relining materials used in oil fired heating boiler and furnace combustion chambers.
Asbestos bricks made of asbestos were fabricated often for use as heating boiler or furnace combustion chamber or kiln liners.
Installing vinyl siding will require disturbing the asbestos by nailing into it.
Asbestos siding though hard can flake over time which will lead to the possibility of you inhaling the asbestos.
Choose a paint that is mold and mildew resistant as well as waterproof.
To increase the tensile strength of the mortar mix asbestos was added because it was cheap and available.
See asbestos other products.
Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.
Painting the asbestos siding will help prevent this from happening.
As you sit at home in quarantine during this covid 19 pandemic thinking about remodeling that basement or spare bedroom demolishing old sheetrock walls or removing outdated paneling might be in your plans.
Part three in a series about asbestos in your house.
Removing asbestos is often cost prohibitive for most people.
A better strategy may be to cover it over with new siding which effectively seals in the asbestos material.
If houses that have brick and hardy are selling for over 8k than the regular asbestos houses then the decision is easy.
Stucco over old asbestos siding.
