Finding asbestos within the home is a dreaded event for most homeowners.
I have asbestos siding on my house.
We just had our asbestos siding on our house removed last week by a licensed asbestos removal contractor.
Asbestosis irritates and scars the lung tissues while the more dangerous mesothelioma causes a type of cancer that is often fatal.
The issue here is asbestos and the risks of serious lung diseases it can cause.
However fixer uppers and older homes with their original siding may still contain this dangerous material.
It s pretty serious but according to health canada one of the world s leading sources of unbiased information on the subject if.
It was widely used on houses from the 1940s thru the 1960s and is still found in many of the older gainesville neighborhoods around the university and downtown.
These shingles are generally 12 by 24 inches and the bottom tends to have a wave like pattern though that is not always the case.
The siding may also contain asbestos if it is old with a wood grain texture to resemble cedar.
Even a single airborne fiber of the most dangerous types of asbestos can eventually cause a particular form of lung cancer if inhaled.
Asbestos can only be 100 positively identified using a specialized microscope.
Most homes built after the 1980s no longer use siding that contains asbestos because of its obvious health risks.
My question is the old aspestos siding was never removed.
Although homes built after the 1980s are generally safe some newer builds may also have asbestos lurking in the siding.
Can we just remove the old vinyl and go over the aspestos again or does that have to be removed also tia p.
If your siding fits either of these descriptions you should consider having it tested.
Brent should have known that many older plumbing systems are wrapped in asbestos insulation.
And make no mistake asbestos is dangerous.
Most siding companies are well experienced at techniques for covering over existing asbestos cement siding with new vinyl aluminum or fiber cement siding.
My mother is now looking to possibly have the house resided.
I took my kids out of town during the removal and when i got home the next day i noticed pieces of debris including small broken pieces of asbestos siding in my grass and in the mulch beds surrounding my house.
If a general home inspector thinks you may have asbestos in your home they will typically only identify it as an asbestos like material while on site explains founder of internachi the international association of certified home inspectors nick gromicko.
Asbestos has been linked to asbestosis and mesothelioma lung diseases caused by breathing asbestos fibers.
Brent should have hired an asbestos professional to seal the asbestos insulation.
The insulation may have already posed an exposure risk before he started the project but cutting the damaged material released even more fibers into the air.
My parent s house had vinyl siding put on in the early 80s it was put over the aspestos siding.
Asbestos cement siding is probably the longest life lowest maintenance siding around.
