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Can vinyl siding go over existing asbestos shingles.
I m not saying that.
The asbestos was installed over original wood board siding 3 4 thick.
As for the old siding replacing it or tearing it down usually always leads to legal matters.
Would i hang the vinyl siding directly over.
I want to hang vinyl siding directly over existing asbestos siding asbestos will not be removed.
Painting the asbestos siding will help prevent this from happening.
Go to home depot and look at some vinyl siding and you ll see that the holes where the nails go are oblong so that the sheets can move back and forth and up and down.
My mother is now looking to possibly have the house resided.
If the job had been done right the house would have been a total loss.
My parent s house had vinyl siding put on in the early 80s it was put over the aspestos siding.
Removing asbestos is often cost prohibitive for most people.
First off why is there no siding section i never know where to post my siding questions okay then to the point.
Asbestos siding though hard can flake over time which will lead to the possibility of you inhaling the asbestos.
But damaging the shingles can release some of the fibers.
So whether the shingles.
I have asbestos siding hard brittle shinglelike covering my whole house.
Vinyl siding indeed can go over asbestos as it ages the factory finish deteriorates but even then the shingles can be painted.
I have not heard of special nails for use with asbestos siding but then again there are lots of things i haven t heard of.
So when new siding is installed on houses having asbestos cement siding it s usually done to improve or update the appearance of the house and not because the shingles are worn out.
Choose a paint that is mold and mildew resistant.
Siding shingles are nonfriable because the asbestos fibers are held in place by a cement binder in the shingles.
I have used a pneumatic stapler to install siding over asbestos but the siding was hardboard not vinyl.
I am having vinyl siding put over my asbestos siding and everyone keeps saying that i should be careful.