This practice is not recommended for a number of reasons.
Best siding to put over asbestos shingles.
Painting the asbestos siding will help prevent this from happening.
Shattered cracked broken pieces of asbestos siding were allowed last time i heard to be thrown out the normal way.
When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding.
Get it done right and keep your family protected.
If the job had been done right the house would have been a total loss.
Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but.
Asbestos siding though hard can flake over time which will lead to the possibility of you inhaling the asbestos.
As for the old siding replacing it or tearing it down usually always leads to legal matters.
First the siding installation process itself nailing into the existing boards or tiles is enough to disturb the existing material and create a dangerous condition.
Work from the top down removing the snails to keep from breaking the asbestos siding.
Asbestos like lead becomes a threat only when they are cut or sanded into a dust.
Do not throw or drop removed asbestos siding.
I put felt paper only.
Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely.
I have used a pneumatic stapler to install siding over asbestos but the siding was hardboard not vinyl.
Choose a paint that is mold and mildew resistant as well as waterproof.
By the way i live in northeast nj.
I think even inspectors have come to realize that asbestos is safe when it is contained.
Asbestos cement shingle siding is common on houses built or re sided from.
Now that you have your backer board up and set firmly in place you can put the siding up safely without worrying about the asbestos falling down behind the siding.
Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find.
Half of the contractors he s talked with recommend removing the shingles but the others say to leave them and side over.
Some people attempt to solve the problem of deteriorating asbestos siding by installing vinyl siding over top of it.
If you do it right you will have lasting protection for over 20 years on your asbestos siding which is potentially even longer than vinyl siding would have lasted.
I ve seen house fires where the vinyl siding burned off only to reveal the superior asbestos shingles underneath which saved the house.
The easiest way to paint the asbestos siding is to use a paint sprayer.
Was the problem that they put new siding over old or that they put new siding over a rotted wall with no drainage plain in between.
Wrap asbestos siding in 6 mil thick plastic sheeting and secure the plastic with duct tape or place the debris in heavy duty plastic bags.
Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.