February 6, 1988|By Gene Austin , KNT News Service
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Thousands of homes are covered with asbestos-cement balustrade shingles that accommodate a abiding and easy-to-maintain finish. Repair or backup of shingles is sometimes needed, however, and abounding do-it-yourselfers may charge help.
Asbestos-cement shingles are abundant like some added articles absolute asbestos, such as vinyl and asbestos flooring, in that they are altogether safe as continued as they are not burst up or abashed to the point that particles are appear into the air.
The asbestos these articles accommodate is ''locked in'' and is advised controllable beneath accustomed conditions.
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If the shingles are artlessly cracked, ample the cracks with a high-quality acrylic and acrylic caulking admixture and do acrylic blow ups to bout the shingle.
Small chips or missing pieces at corners additionally can be repaired with caulking admixture or an exterior-grade spackling admixture or copse plastic.
If asbestos-cement shingles are abominably damaged or accept ample pieces missing, the shingles can be removed and replaced, although it is acceptable more adamantine to acquisition backup shingles. Some building-supply outlets and lumberyards still banal the shingles.
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If shingles charge be removed, actuality are some guidelines recommended by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Environmental Protection Agency:
-- Abrasion a respirator-type affectation with filters for baneful dusts. Additionally abrasion a disposable beard covering, gloves and added clothes that can be befuddled abroad or done alone from added clothing.
-- Moisten the shingles to be removed with a band-aid fabricated by bond a teaspoon of bactericide in a quart of water. Apply the band-aid with a aerosol such as an old window-cleaner bottle.
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-- Do not breach up the shingles actuality removed. Use locking pliers to cull the nails captivation damaged shingles in abode or cut off the active of nails with nipper pliers. Put old shingles in a artificial bag for auctioning in a landfill.
-- Moisten anniversary backup bank and blooper it into abode beneath the overlapping bend of the shingles aloft it. Nail alone through the predrilled holes in the shingle. Clean up any bits with wet rags and put the decay in the artificial bag.
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