Putting Windowsbin A House With Asbestos Siding

When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding.

Putting windowsbin a house with asbestos siding.

Installing vinyl siding will require disturbing the asbestos by nailing into it. Shattered cracked broken pieces of asbestos siding were allowed last time i heard to be thrown out the normal way. Get help with your home improvement projects. Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward.

Asbestos like lead becomes a threat only when they are cut or sanded into a dust. Even a single airborne fiber of the most dangerous types of asbestos can eventually cause a particular form of lung cancer if inhaled. Both the epa and the vinyl siding institute recommend not disturbing asbestos if at all possible. How would i put hardie siding over asbestos siding.

If you suspect that your siding may contain asbestos there is no need for alarm. 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. In the photo above a 1920s house was resided with asbestos cement siding likely sometime in the 1950s. It s pretty serious but according to health canada one of the world s leading sources of unbiased information on the subject if.

And make no mistake asbestos is dangerous. Asbestos cement shingle siding is common on houses built or re sided from the 1940s generally through the 1960s. I put felt paper only. Asbestos ranks high on the list of dangerous substances because of its toxic and carcinogenic properties when airborne.

Send your questions to tom. In general it was a very successful siding material and continues to perform well. 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. By the way i live in northeast nj.

You can see the earlier novelty wood siding at the area where there is missing and damaged asbestos siding. While older homes will likely contain asbestos in roofing insulation and tiles it can also be present in exterior siding. I think even inspectors have come to realize that asbestos is safe when it is contained.