I have an apartment building with asbestos shingle siding. It is in generally great shape and I would like to repaint.
Last winter while clearing one of many mountains of snow and ice around the fuel fill pipe I accidentally cracked ane dented a shingle with my shovel.
My question is how do I replace it without damaging neighboring ones? Cat’s paw? Maybe gently lever the nails above?
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The nails in the above piece are not holding the one you remove. They are just above the top of it. So if you can get the nails holding the bad one out with a pliers pulling straight out, the damaged shingle will fall right straight down, unless the penetrating pipe is holding it.
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"generally in great shape"..save the cancer causing carcinogens in the building material.
That is what keeps them in great shape. One would have to try awfully hard to get cancer from the asbestos siding. The fibres are encapsulated in cement and not loose friable matter that can be inhaled or ingested.
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Tom,
In my area they used 3 small wire nails to hold the bottom tight to the one below , but the weight is carried by two roofing nails thru punched holes in the upper part of the piece.
A shingle ripper will be required if they are in fact done like my locale installed them.
The asbestos siding I'm familiar with is only nailed near the bottom edge. If you can't get a pry bar under the nails as it is, I generally kind of bash out the old shingle, until there's room to pull the nails. I like to put something, maybe a block of wood, or another prybar, under the bar when I pull the nails, so I don't break more of the siding.
The new shingles don't have asbestos. They're just cement. And, like Piffin, I'm not all that concerned about the amount of asbestos in the old shingles. If you're worried about it, use a dust mask. Or hold your breath.