I am putting new siding on a garage. The garage is covered with a siding that is typacally called asbestos siding. I really dont know if it is or not.
Garage is 32 feet long by 20. I am all about safety…to a degree. AM I realllly at risk. Hell, I am already down to the last side. 32 more feet and I am done.
talk to me.
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Are you saying you are going over the old?
Wear a dust mask and don't look back.
If you've been tearing the old off and hauling it, handling twoor three times and making lots of friable loose dust, odds are higher.
If you smoke cigs, things are getting worse, but still most times, it takes long continuous exposure to loose asbestos fibres before enough hazard is encountered to wory about.
I've worked in a hundred times as much as you've been exoposed to in that one little old garage and no scaring in my pipes
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thanks, that it was I thought. I cant help but think much of it is similar to the "black mold" scare we had in houston a few years ago.
This garage had yellow pine siding and then they went over that with the asbestos. I am removing both and putting up hardi plank. JUst removed a corner yesterday and found 12 feet of bottom plate GONE from termites and rot. I mean gone! So I dont have time to double bag and wet the area due to asbestos. I dont smoke and rarely mess with this stuff.
BTW I always enjoy reading your posts. Maybe you can help me with my teenage daughter problems LOL
thanks
Pretty much what Piffin said. I took asbesos siding off of our house almost 30 years ago. I did all the wrong things: broke it into a zillion pieces, didn't wear a dust mask and was smoking two packs a day at the time. I would certainly do it differently today but, I agree with Piffin, it's the continuous exposure not a one-shot deal you need to be concerned about. I don't know how difficult it is to dispose of asbestos siding today. Back then, I asked if I could dispose of it with ordinary garbage at the local landfill. They checked and said that I could since the percentage of asbestos in the siding was fairly low.
Chip Tam