Asbestos Shingle Siding Painting

When painting your siding you may encounter asbestos and be curious about how you should tackle it.

Asbestos shingle siding painting.

I have asbestos shingles and they look not really great and i d like to paint them but i just don t know what kind of paint to use. Advice for painting fiber cement or asbestos cement building shingles or siding. If you hire the job out painting asbestos siding doesn t require any special licensing as far as the contractor doing the work so you. This is an admirable goal but there are potential complications.

Cut in paint along windows doors and eaves with a good brush that disperses paint smoothly. Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely. Repeat the painting process until you have two complete coats of oil based paint on the siding. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.

Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but. Everyone is trying to save money today by doing things themselves. Normally you d scrap down the old paint from your siding but doing that with asbestos can release dangerous particles into the air. Well it s never a bad idea to prime anything before you paint it.

Wear safety goggles if you are using a water blaster. This presents a problem when it s time to repaint the exterior of the house. Right way to apply paint to asbestos shingles and siding. The top layer of asbestos shingles were white and chalky when i purchased the house 11 years ago.

Kevin in new jersey wants to talk paint. What may prove to be a very expensive removal and or abatement which needs to disposed of properly and then new siding installed adds to the significant cost of replacement. If it needs to be primed. No matter what type of siding involved asbestos aluminum vinyl yes you can paint vinyl as well or traditional woods painting.

Painting siding versus replacing. Old asbestos shingles on your house aren t dangerous unless you start breaking scraping or otherwise disturbing them. Do not sand or saw the asbestos shingles to prevent particles from entering the air you breathe. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find.

In our page top photo of badly peeling paint on fiber cement lap siding we suspect that the wrong paint was used the paint was improperly mixed a primer was needed or the paint was applied over a chalked or damp surface. Using a respirator rated for asbestos and disposable tyvek suits is likely overkill for painting asbestos siding but they are definitely necessary when removing siding but peace of mind is priceless especially if your significant other insists.