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Can vinyl siding go over existing asbestos shingles.
My parent s house had vinyl siding put on in the early 80s it was put over the aspestos siding.
My mother is now looking to possibly have the house resided.
Alternatively if you leave the asbestos on your home you can safely seal the old siding underneath the new siding and because asbestos is an excellent insulator you.
My question is the old aspestos siding was never removed.
Choose a paint that is mold and mildew resistant.
If the job had been done right the house would have been a total loss.
I have used a pneumatic stapler to install siding over asbestos but the siding was hardboard not vinyl.
Siding shingles are nonfriable because the asbestos fibers are held in place by a cement binder in the shingles.
The asbestos was installed over original wood board siding 3 4 thick.
Vinyl siding indeed can go over asbestos as it ages the factory finish deteriorates but even then the shingles can be painted.
I m not saying that.
But damaging the shingles can release some of the fibers.
I have not heard of special nails for use with asbestos siding but then again there are lots of things i haven t heard of.
Painting the asbestos siding will help prevent this from happening.
So when new siding is installed on houses having asbestos cement siding it s usually done to improve or update the appearance of the house and not because the shingles are worn out.
I am having vinyl siding put over my asbestos siding and everyone keeps saying that i should be careful.
I have asbestos siding hard brittle shinglelike covering my whole house.
Would i hang the vinyl siding directly over.
As for the old siding replacing it or tearing it down usually always leads to legal matters.
Go to home depot and look at some vinyl siding and you ll see that the holes where the nails go are oblong so that the sheets can move back and forth and up and down.
So whether the shingles.
Removing asbestos is often cost prohibitive for most people.
I ve seen house fires where the vinyl siding burned off only to reveal the superior asbestos shingles underneath which saved the house.