By working carefully and following the proper safety measures you can replace asbestos shingles and make your home safer.
Replacements for asbestos siding shingles.
These fiber cement replacement shingles can also be safely cut drilled and sawn to your heart s content if you need to cut a hole for an exhaust or vent pipe etc.
The portland cement binds asbestos fibers into a hard mass.
The price will differ because steeper roofs are harder to work on than a flat roof.
A brief history of asbestos cement siding.
When you replace them whether it is only a few or your entire home proceed with extreme care.
Weatherside fiber cement siding contains no asbestos.
It s available in a variety of sizes and shapes to match many of the old siding shingles installed over the last 60 years.
Asbestos cement siding shingles resemble shakes or machine grooved shingles and asbestos cement roofing shingles generally resemble either shakes or slate supradur 1985.
Use vise grips or end cutting pliers illustrated in our faqs below or a pair of horse shoe nail clips or similar tool to carefully pull out the nails from the intact un damaged cement asbestos.
My husband purchased the house and we have been repairing it step.
Cost to remove asbestos shingles.
The one and only replacement solution for matching or replacing older non existent siding pre primed and ready to paint to match your existing siding or trim.
Asbestos cement is a mixture of portland cement reinforced with asbestos fibers.
It is available in a variety of sizes and shapes to match many of the old siding shingles installed over the last 60 years.
Ft for the removal of roofing shingles.
Work by an inexperienced contractor can ruin a cement asbestos shingle wall siding and lead to complete replacement that could have been avoidable.
Weatherside fiber cement siding is the 1 and only solution for replacing or repairing old asbestos siding shingles.
Weatherside fiber cement siding is the one and only solution for replacing or repairing old asbestos siding shingles.
This lets homeowners replace pieces of older siding without removing everything.
After properly removing the old siding 1 simply nail in place and paint there s no caulking required at the joints between shingles.
Asbestos cement was first developed in 1905 by the johns manville company who became one of the premier manufacturers of cement asbestos materials.
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.
In contrast it costs between 20 to 120 per sq.
I am trying to find someone company that will actually replace pieced of asbestos shingles on the house we bought and am having no luck.
The price of removing asbestos shingle siding is about 200 per hour or 8 per sq.
