It s pretty serious but according to health canada one of the world s leading sources of unbiased information on the subject if.
Another name for asbestos siding.
Quite apparent i am still above ground seventy years.
Most siding companies are well experienced at techniques for covering over existing asbestos cement siding with new vinyl aluminum or fiber cement siding.
Asbestos siding removal isn t free but if you re having it replaced with something else you just might be able to get a good deal with the company you end up choosing.
Another word for asbestos.
The reported costs for such projects range from 500 to 4 500 while the typical cost for asbestos siding removal is generally between 1 000 and 2 500.
Another phony fear issue.
æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s or æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ɒ s is a term used to refer to six naturally occurring silicate minerals all are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals each fibre being composed of many microscopic fibrils that can be released into the atmosphere by abrasion and other processes.
Asbestos siding was made by adding asbestos a naturally occurring mineral to portland cement.
And make no mistake asbestos is dangerous.
Seventy years ago we used to throw chunks of asbestos siding in a bonfire to hear them explode.
Chances of being killed by an asteroid are greater than being injured by asbestos siding.
Synonyms for asbestos include fireproof incombustible nonflammable fire resistant flameproof flame resistant flame retardant noncombustible non flammable and noninflammable.
Because fiber cement siding manufactured in north america after around 1978 was made without using asbestos in those later products and because those non asbestos fiber cement shingles included products that by eye were an exact visual match for their older asbestos containing brothers and sisters already installed a building built.
If a siding company removes an outer layer of siding and finds an older layer of asbestos cement siding beneath the standard procedure is simply to cover it over with new siding rather.
The issue here is asbestos and the risks of serious lung diseases it can cause.
That cement was then pressed into siding shingles that came in a wide.
Even a single airborne fiber of the most dangerous types of asbestos can eventually cause a particular form of lung cancer if inhaled.