How Do You Remove Asbestos Siding

If needed lift the siding with the pry tools to expose the nails more.

How do you remove asbestos siding.

Use the pry bar and the hammer to start taking off the siding. Put the asbestos siding or roofing material in sealed plastic bags and dispose of it properly at a landfill designed to handle hazardous waste. Whether you simply want to refresh your asbestos siding or clean in preparation for a paint job knowing how to treat the substance will keep you safe and your siding shining. This will help decrease the number of asbestos particles in the air as you remove the siding.

Do not throw or drop removed asbestos siding. Wet the back of each piece of siding as it is removed. Keep wetting the siding and place it onto a plastic sheet meant for removal. Use the hammer to remove any nails that are holding the siding in place.

Be sure not to release any debris into the air. These are easily prepared and easy to repaint. Wet the asbestos siding and removed debris down with water before and during removal. Use the pry bar to get up under the edge of the siding and take it off of the side of the house.

Removal of existing siding is not part of most siding companies estimates. Begin chipping away at the asbestos filled siding and removing piece by piece by pulling any nails or trimming down. Breakage releases asbestos fibers. If necessary carefully lift siding pieces with pry tool to expose nail heads.

Keep all windows and doors to the house closed during removal. You can power wash any loose paint or simply scrape and remove any. Spray down all the siding you will be removing with water to minimize dust. Try to keep the siding in full pieces if possible.

Use a hose ideally fitted with a spray nozzle to thoroughly saturate the siding of the building. Use a flat pry bar to remove the asbestos siding or roofing material starting from the top. Step 1 remove any biological growth such as moss and fungus from the surface of the siding. Keep the asbestos material that has been removed wet.

Removing the asbestos cement siding in addition to the health hazards involved only adds more work to your project and will cost that much more. Work from the top down removing the snails to keep from breaking the asbestos siding. If siding should begin to crack or crumble immediately wet the cracked or broken areas with the pint size spray bottle or garden pump sprayer.