Asbestos cement is a mixture of portland cement reinforced with asbestos fibers.
Asbestos siding down to bare cement.
Unlike wood which can be sanded down repainted and refinished asbestos siding cannot.
Older style cement siding shingles were traditionally made by mixing asbestos into the cement in order to fireproof and strengthen siding.
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.
Do not throw or drop removed asbestos siding.
Asbestos siding removal isn t free but if you re having it replaced with something else you just might be able to get a good deal with the company you end up choosing.
A brief history of asbestos cement siding.
Work from the top down removing the snails to keep from breaking the asbestos siding.
It s difficult to find replacement siding for worn down areas and many people consider it inherently unattractive.
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He discovered how asbestos could help reinforce thin shingles made from cement.
From about the 1920 s until the 1970 s hundreds of thousands if not millions of homes were built using asbestos cement siding.
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.
The reported costs for such projects range from 500 to 4 500 while the typical cost for asbestos siding removal is generally between 1 000 and 2 500.
Asbestos siding was first introduced into the us in the early 1900 s by austrian engineer ludwid hatschek.
Asbestos siding was made by adding asbestos a naturally occurring mineral to portland cement.
The portland cement binds asbestos fibers into a hard mass.
Asbestos cement was first developed in 1905 by the johns manville company who became one of the premier manufacturers of cement asbestos materials.
The average price to remove asbestos siding is around 1 000 with typical costs between 800 and 1 200.
The epa officially banned the use of asbestos in new building materials in 1989 but decades of use means it is still in millions of homes.
The average price to repair asbestos siding is around 4 761 with typical costs between 665 and 8 856 many projects come as low as 300 while some may reach 22 500 encapsulation a favorable type of repair averages about 2 to 6 per sq.
As the experts at asbestos siding note it is sometimes difficult to spot because it was often manufactured to resemble different types of siding in a variety of colors and textures.
