When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding.
Can you put vinyl siding over asbestos.
The asbestos was installed over original wood board siding 3 4 thick.
Your new roof or siding will likely not only be.
Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward.
Would i hang the vinyl siding directly over the asbestos or would i put some sort of foam or insulation board or something over it first then hang the siding.
Vinyl siding indeed can go over asbestos dean uhler the baltimore sun melvin rice of baltimore asks whether it s better to remove or to side over the asbestos shingle siding on his house when.
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.
Asbestos siding though hard can flake over time which will lead to the possibility of you inhaling the asbestos.
Painting the asbestos siding will help prevent this from happening.
Then you can choose to replace your roof with slate steel or asphalt shingles or your siding with vinyl asbestos free fiber cement or steel.
Can we just remove the old vinyl and go over the aspestos again or does that have to be removed also tia p.
The new vinyl siding can be easily installed over top of the asbestos siding.
Choose a paint that is mold and mildew resistant as well as waterproof.
My mother is now looking to possibly have the house resided.
But before the new vinyl siding installation check with your township and see if it is allowed to leave asbestos siding on.
In the state of new jersey in hamilton princeton and west windsor townships it is allowed to install new vinyl siding on top of the existing.
My question is the old aspestos siding was never removed.
Generally the best idea is to remove any existing siding from your exterior walls before installing the vinyl siding.
While covering lap siding with vinyl is an option for some siding other varieties of lap siding can t be covered by vinyl.
I have asbestos siding hard brittle shinglelike covering my whole house.
This goes for fiber cement hardwood and masonite siding.