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Asbestos Siding Shingles

April 11, 1986|By Gene Austin, Knight-Ridder Newspapers.

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Continuing publicity about the perils of asbestos worries abounding homeowners whose homes accommodate asbestos-related articles that are hardly mentioned or dealt with in the reports.

An archetype is asbestos-cement siding, which was installed on hundreds of bags of homes afore balustrade fabricated from aluminum or vinyl became standard. The asbestos-cement siding, which is abiding and long-lasting, charcoal in abode on abounding homes and is still bogus and awash in the United States.

Asbestos-cement siding, about in the anatomy of ellipsoidal shingles, is one of several products, including automotive anchor linings and some beam shingles, in which quantities of asbestos are affirmed with added products.

One architect of asbestos-cement balustrade and beam shingles, Supradur of Rye, N.Y., issued a account afresh declaring that bans on asbestos articles by the Enviromental Protection Agency do not administer to its balustrade and beam shingles because of the locked-in accompaniment of the ``minimal bulk of asbestos used.``

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Dave Mayer, a agent for the EPA in Washington, said asbestos-cement balustrade does not affectation a bloom hazard beneath accustomed conditions. Renovations or aliment charge be done with care, however, and this cavalcade includes some guidelines.

A contempo letter from a clairvoyant whose home has asbestos-cement balustrade bidding some of the concerns. ``Is it safe to accumulate such siding?`` the clairvoyant asked. ``If it is replaced, is there any crisis in removing it and what precautions should be taken? Can it cautiously be capped or covered with aluminum or vinyl siding? If it is safe to keep, is there a way to accomplish it added adorable or to apple-pie it?``

My analysis indicates that, if a home already has asbestos siding, one of the safest courses is to accumulate it and accumulate it in acceptable condition. ``It should be larboard alone,`` Mayer said. ``The alone time asbestos balustrade would be a (health) botheration would be if the architecture were burst or if a advance is done and the balustrade would accept to be cut or drilled. Assignment of this affectionate should be done by a architect application vacuum-attached tools.``

Kenneth Nyquist, of the Asbestos Advice Center in Washington, acicular out that asbestos is alarming alone if the fibers are breathed into the lungs. ``With asbestos-cement siding, we`re talking about a affirmed artefact with the asbestos encapsulated and bound in. The asbestos is in cement. Of advance it is not acceptable to breathe asbestos fibers. If assignment is done on the siding, dust should be minimized. One way to abbreviate dust is to aerosol the balustrade with a water-detergent solution. Also abrasion a dust mask. Taking precautions makes acceptable sense.``

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In general, if an asbestos-sided home is to be re-sided, the old balustrade should be removed by a architect with able accessories and a agency of safe auctioning of the old siding. Covering the balustrade with aluminum or vinyl isn`t practical; one acumen is that asbestos-cement balustrade is breakable and is burst by nails unless a aperture is accomplished for anniversary nail.

If asbestos-cement balustrade fades, it can be painted. About the alone pre-painting charwoman all-important is to clean off apart clay or dust with a bolt while cutting a dust mask. If the apparent of the balustrade is bland and firm, acrylic acrylic can about be activated anon to the apparent with a pad or roller (I`ve auspiciously acclimated this address on several houses sided with asbestos-cement). If the apparent of the balustrade is porous, a primer-sealer acceptable for masonry should be activated afore painting.

Cracks or chips in asbestos-cement balustrade should be anxiously abounding with a paintable caulking admixture or exterior-grade spackling compound. After the application cures, acrylic it to bout the siding.

Badly burst shingles that charge to be replaced rather than patched are best handled by a architect with dust-protection equipment. Do-it-yourselfers who alter shingles should booty these precautions, based on guidelines recommended by EPA and the Consumer Articles Safety Commission:

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-- Abrasion a respirator-type affectation with filters for baneful dusts; disposable gloves and beard covering; and added clothes that can be disposed of or done separately.

-- Wet the shingles to be formed on, but don`t accomplish them decrepit wet. Use a band-aid fabricated by bond a teaspoon of bactericide with a quart of water, and administer the band-aid with a duke aerosol or garden sprayer.

-- Do not breach up old shingles back removing them. Nails can generally be pulled from the shingles with locking pliers or the active can be cut off with nipper-type pliers. Remove old shingles complete and abode them in a artificial bag that can be closed and disposed of in a landfill.

-- Wet backup shingles with the spray, blooper them into abode and attach through the pre-drilled holes in the shingles. Any bits should be bankrupt up with wet rags and closed in the artificial bag for disposal.