Posted by Sean on December 29, 2003 at 10:48:09:
Don’t touch it! Honestly, you disturb it you cause all sorts of issues… unless you have a local regulation regarding it, you are better off just putting vinyl siding over it, rather than removing it.
Rehab question, Esbestos siding removal - Posted by Wally
Posted by Wally on December 29, 2003 at 10:39:21:
I’m looking at a property that has esbestos siding. I’ve never dealt with this before and wondering if anyone out there has had experience with this that they would be willing to share.
Also, who do I contact regarding regulations for removal/disposal? Is this prohibitively expensive? Is it something that has to be contracted out?
Thank you in advance for any advice and stories you may share. Wally.
Re: Rehab question, Esbestos siding removal - Posted by Tim Hunter (MI)
Posted by Tim Hunter (MI) on December 29, 2003 at 14:09:37:
I recently added on to my house. It had vinyl siding over asbestos siding. The siding had to come off the wall where I was adding on, of course. I checked with my local landfill and they had me get a permit ($45 I think) to bring in the asbestos siding. I didn’t have to do anything special about it. They treat it as “household waste” and told me just to dump it in one of their big rubbish dumpsters. The stuff is not “friable”, so it presents minimal hazard. I agree with the other poster, though, that the easiest/best thing to do is just to leave it in place and side right over it. That’s what I did with the other 3 walls of my house when I replaced the old siding. It’s also what I did with my prior house when I put vinyl on it.
My sister lives in a city nearby and she hired a crew to come in and remove the asbestos from her house before she put up vinyl siding. I’m not sure if she was required to do that or just wanted to for her own peace of mind. Her total cost for that was something like $1500-$2000. It’s a smallish 2-story house (1300 sf or so). The guys that did the work wore some decent dust masks and those cheap tyvek suits. They wet down the walls with a hose (to avoid any dust when the shingles break – that’s the only real danger from this stuff, breathing it) and busted up the siding with hammers. Pretty simple, really. I did the same on my house for free, then loaded it in the back of my pickup in garbage bags. And the landfill didn’t even require it in garbage bags.
If you are concerned about it, just check with the local building inspector to find out if they have any requirements. Mine didn’t care, but I’m in a fairly rural location with a laid-back inspector.