How to handle old asbestos siding?
My in-laws home is 30+years old, the exterior siding is the old 'wafer' type asbestos paneling, There are a few broken pieces here and there. I wo...
My in-laws home is 30+years old, the exterior siding is the old 'wafer' type asbestos paneling, There are a few broken pieces here and there.
I would like to help to do something about it, but no way we can afford the monstrous bill to have asbestos removed.
Any good suggestions on what to place over it and/or what to use? Something that will last and is weather durable. Thanks!
There are no hard/fast rules dictating that any has to be removed, but the legality of asbestos was killed in the mid 70′s, so it’s possible it isn’t some other composite material.
Without costly remediation, painting over, or covering over is usually an acceptable code practice, but still has to be done with caution.
To Nail or screw even T-111 over the house, you’ll still have some residue, and likely break more of the existing material. I’m not a fan of vinyl siding, or Aluminum siding, but I know it can out last an occupant of a house.
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In any event you probably have to pull permits and perhaps even explain why.
That wafer type stuff may not be asbestos, no way to be sure without testing. Most asbestos products were not used after the mid 60s. A lot of that stuff is masonite, kind of a glorified sheetrock. I believe you can put vinyl siding over it.
More than likely hardiboard which is basically concrete boards with fibreglass. That stuff should have lasted 100 years. You can still buy it…as they still use it. You can cut it with a skill saw. Very dusty. Will outlast any vinyl siding. Depending on the breakage, if they are cracks, I can’t imagine much else unless you hit it with a truck or car., you may be able to fix it with masonary cement, silicone, gorilla glue, and then repaint it.
Asbestos construction usage was stopped in the early 60′s.
Without background information on the exact composition of the siding, I would recommend a Tyvek wrap and what ever siding you want on top.
put vinyl siding over it ive done this before but we fured it out with wood strips.
If it is espestos siding, the only way to know for sure, is to breaka piec and have it tested.
If it is espestos, its actually rather easy to remove, removing old nails are more work than taking off the siding itself.
When working with espestos, the procedure is to wear a quality filter mask, and keep the material wet with water to keep particles from becoming airborn.
Then bag the material and have a special dumpster come in to pick it up, and take it away.
Siding is not particularly hazardous becous particles will only become airborn when it breaks, or when you cut it. If you are careful, you wont be breaking it much upon removal, and there really no reason to cut it when removing it.