Asbestos Siding Covered With Vinyl

This is usually the preferred method of dealing with asbestos building materials.

Asbestos siding covered with vinyl.

The other solution is to cover the asbestos with siding. Continue the process of hooking the siding pieces together and nailing them to the house working your way up to the top. Removing the whole asbestos is often too costly. Most siding companies are well experienced at techniques for covering over existing asbestos cement siding with new vinyl aluminum or fiber cement siding.

There is a vinyl siding product that uses adhesive instead of nails but it has not been in field use long enough for me to consider it. A better strategy may be to cover it over with new siding which effectively seals in the asbestos material. The siding has elongated nail holes to allow the siding to expand and contract and if you nail the siding tight to the house your siding will buckle. I told the contractor who recommended it for a rental in nc to call me in 15 years and let s see how it holds up.

You should have no problem covering asbestos siding with vinyl siding. It is best to just replace the asbestos siding but that can be very expensive. Make sure to carefully discard any fallen broken pieces of asbestos away. You can t nail through the asbestos siding if it is the rigid kind it is brittle and will shatter.

Applying a layer of sheathing or sheets of foam insulation over the asbestos then covering it with vinyl siding is a common practice. This however can change if the asbestos siding begins to dry out or get damaged.