Removing Asbestos Siding Shingles

A knife or scissors to cut polyethylene sheeting.

Removing asbestos siding shingles.

Extra precautions are vital to ensure that the process is done safely and that the dust and debris does not enter your home creating an ongoing danger for you and your family. Asbestos cement shingles can be removed safely without costly teams of abatement professionals. Use a flat pry bar to remove the asbestos siding or roofing material starting from the top. Thick 6 mil polyethylene plastic sheeting.

Disposable paper coveralls rubber boots rubber gloves and safety glasses. The most common and least expensive solution is to leave the original asbestos shingles in place and remove only the aluminum siding. Wet down the asbestos siding or roofing with a mixture of water and liquid soap in a pump up sprayer to limit dust. Rarely if ever will they need to be cut and cutting is the one activity that creates hazardous dust.

Instead cover the shingles with polystyrene foam insulation panels then hang the new vinyl siding using 2 in long nails. In contrast it costs between 20 to 120 per sq. The price will differ because steeper roofs are harder to work on than a flat roof. When you remove those shingles they will either come off when you pull out the nails require you to snap them off or require you to cut them.

Hepa purple color coded respirator. Then either prime and paint or simply paint brush roll spray. You can power wash any loose paint or simply scrape and remove any loose paint lightly with a wire brush. Scraping or brushing off old paint from asbestos siding is necessary before repainting but dangerous because it can release small asbestos fibres the approach of removing the old shingles and replacing them with new siding is an option that many homeowners have pursued though probably not as safely as they should.

The process of removing asbestos shingles from your roof or siding will disturb the materials and create a hazardous environment. Keep the asbestos material that has been removed wet. Cost to remove asbestos shingles the price of removing asbestos shingle siding is about 200 per hour or 8 per sq.