Painting Asbestos Shingle Siding

Installing vinyl siding will require disturbing the asbestos by nailing into it.

Painting asbestos shingle siding. Wear safety goggles if you are using a water blaster. Do not sand or saw the asbestos shingles to prevent particles from entering the air you breathe. The top layer of asbestos shingles were white and chalky when i purchased the house 11 years ago. This is an admirable goal but there are potential complications.

Advice for painting fiber cement or asbestos cement building shingles or siding. Everyone is trying to save money today by doing things themselves. What may prove to be a very expensive removal and or abatement which needs to disposed of properly and then new siding installed adds to the significant cost of replacement. Both the epa and the vinyl siding institute recommend not disturbing asbestos if at all possible.

Right way to apply paint to asbestos shingles and siding. Repeat the painting process until you have two complete coats of oil based paint on the siding. These are easily prepared and easy to repaint. When painting your siding you may encounter asbestos and be curious about how you should tackle it.

When you say asbestos shingles i presume you mean asbestos siding shingles. Cut in paint along windows doors and eaves with a good brush that disperses paint smoothly. In our page top photo of badly peeling paint on fiber cement lap siding we suspect that the wrong paint was used the paint was improperly mixed a primer was needed or the paint was applied over a chalked or damp surface. Painting siding versus replacing.

Compared to wood it was much more durable and weather resistant and it was easy to maintain as far as cleaning and painting. Using a respirator rated for asbestos and disposable tyvek suits is likely overkill for painting asbestos siding but they are definitely necessary when removing siding but peace of mind is priceless especially if your significant other insists. Unless asbestos siding is disturbed it doesn t pose a significant health hazard and does not need to be removed. I attempted to have the house painted 6 years ago then touched up in 2013 as the paint was.

Asbestos shingle siding came in a variety of textures profiles shapes and sizes.