I want to clean outside of house repair shingles and then paint.
Cleaning house siding with asbestos tiles.
Cement asbestos siding tiles do not need to be removed simply because they contain asbestos.
After asbestos was found in the basement s resilient tile and wood subfloor the sharmas had a choice.
I have an old house with asbestos cement siding.
Asphalt tile or vinyl asbestos tile aka vat is named for the binder that holds the tile together.
Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely.
Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but.
They opted to have tom rip out everything down to the aggregate and pour a new concrete subfloor rather than cover the contaminants.
I d like to remove it and put on new siding but that job is prohibitively expensive right now.
It was originally manufactured using material taken from natural deposits of pitch.
Largely for peace of mind however they wanted the stuff completely eighty sixed from the house.
Cementitious siding installed after 1973 is very unlikely to contain asbestos.
The asbestos in cement asbestos siding products is not friable under normal conditions.
There is no legal requirement to do so nor is there significant real estate benefit.
Containing the asbestos typically costs 15 25 less than removal because you won t have to pay for disposal costs.
Asbestos siding achieved its height in popularity between the 1920s and 1970s.
Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find.
In the 1950 s and 1960 s asphaltum a by product of petroleum manufacturing was substituted as the binder.
Do not throw or drop removed asbestos siding.
Wrap asbestos siding in 6 mil thick plastic sheeting and secure the plastic with duct tape or place the debris in heavy duty plastic bags.
So i think i ll just put on a fresh coat of paint.
Containing asbestos might mean encapsulating the asbestos tiles in the basement instead of removing them altogether.
However very work asbestos cement shingles or shingles that are mishandled during demolition breaking into many small pieces running power saws to cut the material risks creating airborne.
These materials are known as fiber cement siding and they contain no asbestos.
Cleaning this siding takes some care since asbestos could be released into the air and cause health problems for those present.
Just paint the siding and seal the asbestos in.
Many homes used this type of siding because it was easy to clean and more durable than other substances.
Can anyone help me.
That is it is not normally easily crushed into dust by hand.
Posted by 517 at 11 22 am on may 19.
Clean up for something like this could cost even more money.
Work from the top down removing the snails to keep from breaking the asbestos siding.
Cleaning tips for vinyl asbestos tile.
