Breakage releases asbestos fibers.
Remove nails broken asbestos siding.
I wanted to chime in and say that if your patient and take your time you can remove the asbestos tile by pulling the nails out with a pair of linesmans pliers.
Keep the nails 1 inch 2 5 cm below the top of the shingles and space them around 12 inches 0 30 m apart from one another.
Be sure to wet down the siding before working with it and double bag any pieces of old asbestos siding in contractor bags and dispose of according to your local and state laws.
Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely.
Double bag 6 mil plastic each all debris for disposal.
Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but brittle.
This would trigger dust and asbestos dust is a problem as i ve mentioned.
Hammer each shingle along its top edge.
You can t drive screws and nails through them without pre drilling.
Remove pieces of siding by pulling nails or cutting nail heads so as to minimize breakage.
In most cases you can pry out old pieces in one intact piece which is very important as asbestos only becomes dangerous when it s broken and made friable and fibers are released into the air.
Use a nail gun or hammer to drive nails into the shingle.
If siding should begin to crack or crumble immediately wet the cracked or broken areas with the pint size spray bottle or garden pump sprayer.
Working from top to bottom remove siding as whole as possible by pulling the nails out rather than breaking the siding.
Asbestos siding removal repair costs the average cost to repair asbestos siding is 4 761 with typical costs between 665 and 8 856 some projects are as low as 300 while the highest prices can reach 22 500 encapsulation a popular form of repair averages 2 to 6 per square foot.
If necessary carefully lift siding pieces with pry tool to expose nail heads.
Use vise grips or end cutting pliers illustrated in our faqs below or a pair of horse shoe nail clips or similar tool to carefully pull out the nails from the intact un damaged cement asbestos shingles above and around the damaged shingles.
