[MassHistPres] Asbestos siding options

[Dennis De Witt]

My experience removing the ±1920 cement-asbestos roofing from the rear half of my house, where there were valley issues, was that the roofer bagged and removed it and said that there was not a significant hazmat issue because the asbestos was embedded in the cement. 

A neighbor had 1940 cement asbestos siding removed from an Emerson house.  As often was the case then (and unlike vinal siding) the wood trim had been left intact.  So the only major problem, post removal, was that some of the original narrow, edge moulded claps had been cooked and didn’t hold paint well for a few years.

I’d think you don’t want to put siding over the siding as that would involve nailing or drilling through it — not to mention pulling the wall surface forward in relation to the trim.  Better just to paint, if removal seems prohibitive.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline

> On Jun 11, 2023, at 9:21 PM, Ralph Slate via MassHistPres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu> wrote:
> 
> I can give you a little personal history - I had the asbestos siding on my house removed about 16 years ago. My house is fairly large (larger than the house pictured) and the removal total cost by a certified abatement company was $5,000. 
> 
> However the restoration of all the trim and features of the house that were removed due to the asbestos installation was probably close to $150,000. This included re-shingling two sides of the house (the south and west sides, which had been neglected before the asbestos siding was installed), replicating four two-story pilasters, replicating window casings and trim on at least 30 windows, dentil molding around the entire eaves of the house, painting the siding, trim, garage, and previously-painted foundation, and glazing and painting probably close to 40 windows total, plus other random carpentry.
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> It would not have been possible to only remove the asbestos siding and stop there, due to all the missing elements, which resulted in the sheathing of the house being exposed in many places.
> 
> Ralph Slate
> Springfield, MA
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> 
> On 6/11/2023 7:07 PM, Marcia M Wengen via MassHistPres wrote:
>> Interested party would like to know options for covering or removing asbestos siding on c.1875 Italianate single family dwelling listed on National Register.
>> 
>> TIA
>>  Marcia M Wengen,Co-chair
>> Stoneham Historical Commission
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