Living In A House With Asbestos Siding

Asbestos siding takes paint beautifully and a good paint job will do wonders for your curb appeal.

Living in a house with asbestos siding.

We just had our asbestos siding on our house removed last week by a licensed asbestos removal contractor. And make no mistake asbestos is dangerous. For example if you drill sand or cut these building materials it will produce a cloud of asbestos fibres that you or. In fact it s still used heavily in some parts of the world such as india and china.

If you live in an old house the chances are that you have been living with asbestos for some time. I don t know if this should be a dealbreaker or not. We could also have the siding removed which would cost about 5 000 plus the cost of re siding the house. We were fully prepared to buy the house before we learned about the siding.

Paint the siding and spend your money elsewhere. The siding seems to be in good shape but we would of course have this verified by an inspector. 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. Asbestos was a popular material for most of the twentieth century mainly because of its ability to insulate and act as a fire retardant.

The issue here is asbestos and the risks of serious lung diseases it can cause. Even a single airborne fiber of the most dangerous types of asbestos can eventually cause a particular form of lung cancer if inhaled.