There is no legal requirement to do so nor is there significant real estate benefit.
Another name for asbestos siding.
Another phony fear issue.
Siding materials that use fibers and aggregate other than asbestos are properly called fiber cement building siding products.
While older homes will likely contain asbestos in roofing insulation and tiles it can also be present in exterior siding.
Asbestos siding was made by adding asbestos a naturally occurring mineral to portland cement.
Synonyms for asbestos include fireproof incombustible nonflammable fire resistant flameproof flame resistant flame retardant noncombustible non flammable and noninflammable.
For this you ll need to where an hepa rated respirator disposable overalls and gloves then work over tarps placed on the ground to catch the flakes of paint since they re guaranteed to contain lead.
If you suspect that your siding may contain asbestos there is no need for alarm.
Only people injured installing asbestos siding are those who fall off a ladder.
Cement asbestos siding tiles do not need to be removed simply because they contain asbestos.
Asbestos ranks high on the list of dangerous substances because of its toxic and carcinogenic properties when airborne.
Chances of being killed by an asteroid are greater than being injured by asbestos 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.
Seventy years ago we used to throw chunks of asbestos siding in a bonfire to hear them explode.
Some manufacturers use the term fiber reinforced cement for these products.
Trade names of asbestos containing materials.
That cement was then pressed into siding shingles that came in a wide.
The following table displays all the various trade names for asbestos containing materials acms.
Quite apparent i am still above ground seventy years.
Another word for asbestos.
Cementitious siding installed after 1973 is very unlikely to contain asbestos.
Before 1978 in the u s.
All of these products use some sort of fiber along with cement.
These materials are known as fiber cement siding and they contain no asbestos.