Putting Windowsbin A House With Asbestos Siding

The look of asbestos siding is also making a comeback of sorts along with the revived interest in ranch style homes and some home owners are choosing fiber cement siding that looks exactly like older asbetos siding but contains no asbestos when installing new siding.

Putting windowsbin a house with asbestos siding. Asbestos ranks high on the list of dangerous substances because of its toxic and carcinogenic properties when airborne. The issue here is asbestos and the risks of serious lung diseases it can cause. Now that you have your backer board up and set firmly in place you can put the siding up safely without worrying about the asbestos falling down behind the siding. If you suspect that your siding may contain asbestos there is no need for alarm.

Send your questions to tom. Get help with your home improvement projects. How would i put hardie siding over asbestos siding. Installing vinyl siding will require disturbing the asbestos by nailing into it.

Even a single airborne fiber of the most dangerous types of asbestos can eventually cause a particular form of lung cancer if inhaled. It s pretty serious but according to health canada one of the world s leading sources of unbiased information on the subject if. I think even inspectors have come to realize that asbestos is safe when it is contained. Because of the safety precautions necessary for repairing the damage or removing the siding it will be expensive.

Asbestos cement shingle siding is common on houses built or re sided from the 1940s generally through the 1960s. And make no mistake asbestos is dangerous. Both the epa and the vinyl siding institute recommend not disturbing asbestos if at all possible. Shattered cracked broken pieces of asbestos siding were allowed last time i heard to be thrown out the normal way.

Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward. In general it was a very successful siding material and continues to perform well. You can see the earlier novelty wood siding at the area where there is missing and damaged asbestos siding. Unless asbestos siding is disturbed it doesn t pose a significant health hazard and does not need to be removed.

By the way i live in northeast nj. While older homes will likely contain asbestos in roofing insulation and tiles it can also be present in exterior siding. In the photo above a 1920s house was resided with asbestos cement siding likely sometime in the 1950s.