Brick Over Asbestos Siding

Removing asbestos is often cost prohibitive for most people.

Brick over asbestos siding.

Asbestos was widely used in drywall manufacturing across the u s. Stucco over old asbestos siding. Installing vinyl siding will require disturbing the asbestos by nailing into it. The easiest way to paint the asbestos siding is to use a paint sprayer.

As you sit at home in quarantine during this covid 19 pandemic thinking about remodeling that basement or spare bedroom demolishing old sheetrock walls or removing outdated paneling might be in your plans. Most siding companies are well experienced at techniques for covering over existing asbestos cement siding with new vinyl aluminum or fiber cement siding. Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but. Chrysotile asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral in california montana new england and quebec.

As late as the 1970s. Almost every piece of brick and mortar constructed before the mid 1980s has asbestos in it as a primary component. Asbestos bricks made of asbestos were fabricated often for use as heating boiler or furnace combustion chamber or kiln liners. To increase the tensile strength of the mortar mix asbestos was added because it was cheap and available.

Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s. Both the epa and the vinyl siding institute recommend not disturbing asbestos if at all possible. Choose a paint that is mold and mildew resistant as well as waterproof. Painting the asbestos siding will help prevent this from happening.

Unless asbestos siding is disturbed it doesn t pose a significant health hazard and does not need to be removed. If houses that have brick and hardy are selling for over 8k than the regular asbestos houses then the decision is easy. Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find.

When deciding what to do with the property. To cover it with either hardy board or do brink in front and do siding on the rest of the house it is going to cost about 5 8k depending on how big your house is. Asbestos siding though hard can flake over time which will lead to the possibility of you inhaling the asbestos. A better strategy may be to cover it over with new siding which effectively seals in the asbestos material.

See asbestos other products. Part three in a series about asbestos in your house. Run two sets of comps. We found asbestos bricks and slab materials as well as asbestos wet pack relining materials used in oil fired heating boiler and furnace combustion chambers.

When i was about 7 i lived outside philly at my grandfathers.