Clapboard Siding Being Covered Up By Asbestos

Asbestos cement is a composite material consisting of portland cement reinforced with asbestos fibers.

Clapboard siding being covered up by asbestos.

Dispose of the asbestos properly at a landfill or contact your local waste collection service to find out if they will pick up asbestos material. So for example if one of the clapboards measures 10 inches and there are 20 of those clapboards going up the side of the home 10 x 20 200. I have a house build in 1868 i have been doing an enormous amount of work on it since i bought it about 7 years ago. Because fiber cement siding manufactured in north america after around 1978 was made without using asbestos in those later products and because those non asbestos fiber cement shingles included products that by eye were an exact visual match for their older asbestos containing brothers and sisters already installed a building built.

Do not throw or drop removed asbestos siding. This is usually the preferred method of dealing with asbestos building materials. I realize tearing off the asbestos praying the wood underneath is in good shape and bring back the house to it s original state would be. A better strategy may be to cover it over with new siding which effectively seals in the asbestos material.

When manufacturers figured out ways to produce siding made using asbestos cement it became very popular for a number of years before being banned in the u s. 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.