Repainting Asbestos Siding

One concern when repainting this type of siding is the small gaps between the shingles.

Repainting asbestos siding.

Take appropriate care and precautions when removing and disposing of old asbestos siding pieces. The choice is yours as far as whether you want to spray or roll the paint on. A typical procedure is to install furring strips on the existing wall avoiding breaking the existing siding. 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.

A common remodeling practice is to install new vinyl or aluminum siding over cement asbestos shingle siding as well as over many other older siding materials when the old siding has become damaged leaky or cosmetically ugly. Our method of choice to first apply zinsser peel stop triple thick primer which is a water based acrylic binding primer designed to penetrate and stop previous coatings from peeling. You can roll it or brush it on but make sure you get under the small lip at the bottom of each asbestos siding shingle. The first is the possible and almost certain presence of lead based paint on the siding and the second is the asbestos in the siding itself.

Painting asbestos siding once we have cleaned and prepared the surface then there is really no difference when it comes to painting. Begin painting the siding with your choice of brushes and rollers making sure to check often for runs. Begin by analyzing a paint sample for lead content.