Asbestos House Siding

You can see the earlier novelty wood siding at the area where there is missing and damaged asbestos siding.

Asbestos house siding.

Ft it can cost from 3 000 to 9 000. Asbestos cement is a mixture of portland cement reinforced with asbestos fibers. Because of the safety precautions necessary for repairing the damage or removing the siding it will be expensive. If necessary carefully lift siding pieces with pry tool to expose nail heads.

Asbestos siding was very commonly used in buildings and homes from around the 1920s until the 1980s and can still be found in many older homes in the u s. Encapsulating is a more inexpensive option for full replacement. The house has asbestos siding. Asbestos siding encapsulation costs.

This was done in order to add fireproofing and stability to cement siding so that it wouldn t crack or break as easily. Asbestos cement was first developed in 1905 by the johns manville company who became one of the premier manufacturers of cement asbestos materials. Wet the back of each piece of siding as it is removed. The cost for asbestos siding encapsulating is 2 to 6 per sq.

Can we have the house buried on property where it is. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find. In the photo above a 1920s house was resided with asbestos cement siding likely sometime in the 1950s. We are in louisiana.

Thomas boni january 19 2019 at 5 19 pm. Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely. Breakage releases asbestos fibers. A brief history of asbestos cement siding.

Asbestos siding was made by adding asbestos a naturally occurring mineral to portland cement. An expert will painstakingly paint your siding using a latex masonry primer and high grade latex paint. A highly effective and inexpensive fire retardant material and thermal and acoustic insulator asbestos was used extensively in home construction from the early 1940s through the 1970s. We recommend submitting questions about unique situations like yours to the today s homeowner radio show.

Asbestos house siding was used in many homes until the epa banned its use in new products in 1989. Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but. The portland cement binds asbestos fibers into a hard mass. Asbestos siding was essentially a cement siding product that asbestos fibers had been added to.

If siding should begin to crack or crumble immediately wet the cracked or broken areas with the pint size spray bottle or garden pump sprayer. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.