August 14, 1993|By Gene Austin | Gene Austin,Knight-Ridder News Service
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Q: I'm anxious about the asbestos-cement shingles that awning the alfresco walls of my house. What are my options with the shingles, which are in acceptable condition, beneath accepted EPA regulations? Can I accept the shingles removed? Can I install vinyl balustrade over them? Will they affect the amount of my abode if I sell?
A: You can leave the shingles as they are, accept them removed or accept balustrade installed over them.
If the shingles are in acceptable condition, they are allegedly controllable if larboard abandoned back the asbestos is captivated in abode by cement. The shingles become alarming alone if they are burst or burst so that dust is appear and breathed.
As for the EPA, it has no accepted regulations administering abatement of asbestos-cement shingles on single-family homes or added apartment with beneath than four abode units per building. However, some localities and states adapt the adjustment of abatement and/or auctioning of old shingles. Ask the construction-codes official in your breadth if there are any appropriate rules.
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Even admitting vinyl and some added types of balustrade can be installed over asbestos-cement, some experts acclaim "careful" abatement of the old shingles afore abacus new siding. For one thing, the old shingles can breach up during nailing and affectation a bloom hazard. Pieces of apart shingles can additionally account bumps in vinyl siding.
If you adjudge to abolish the shingles, accept an accomplished architect who is appropriately able to handle and actuate of chancy material. "Keep accident to a minimum," advises John Daley, an asbestos able with the EPA's bounded appointment in Philadelphia. If shingles are kept wet during removal, there is beneath hazard.
There is boundless affair about any artefact absolute asbestos, so the shingles could be a accountability if the abode is put up for sale.
Q: My living-room beam best up some charcoal from the fireplace, and my attempts to apple-pie a baby breadth accept alone fabricated it worse. Any suggestions?
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A: This is allegedly a flat-finish paint. Flat paints are generally difficult to clean. I advance repainting with a semi-gloss acrylic acrylic that will accomplish it easier to abolish dirt.
Q: We got baptize in our basement during the abundant rain and snow aftermost winter. Part of the concrete-block walls now accept a white crumb on them. What is it and how do we abolish it?
A: The white crumb consists of acrid salts that accept leached to the apparent of the masonry. If the blocks and crumb accept dried, you can allegedly abolish best or all of the crumb by wire brushing. Wear goggles and a face affectation while brushing.
Q: I confused into a abode area the windows had been coated with artificial film. Someone approved to abolish it, but couldn't get it all off. How do I abolish what's larboard after scraping?
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A: Rick Simmons of Doyle Window Tinting in Willow Grove, Pa., said you'll accept to do some scraping. He recommends spraying the blur with an ammonia band-aid and abrading with a razor-blade scraper. These are awash at best acrylic food and home centers.
To accomplish the solution, mix about a tablespoon of ammonia in a quart of balmy baptize and administer with a aerosol bottle. Accomplish assertive the allowance is aerial while you are working.
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