After We Purchased Found Asbastos Siding

2008 property changed hands within same family transferred to son.

After we purchased found asbastos siding. I finally found an insurance company but now we are left paying an outrageous premium for an old 1940 s home. We went from paying 748 a year premium to now paying 1900 and that doesn t cover the full value of the home if something happens it was going to cost 2600 a year premium to get the full value of the home. We could also have the siding removed which would cost about 5 000 plus the cost of re siding the house. 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.

Was asbestos in fiber cement siding in 1980 in canada. Assuming wood siding would have lasted at least 15 years that would be 1980. 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 was made by adding asbestos a naturally occurring mineral to portland cement.

The siding seems to be in good shape but we would of course have this verified by an inspector. After this we suspect siding was updated to beige vinyl siding. I did some research including contacting the county s health department and everyone seems to say that as long as the siding is in good shape it should not be a problem. That cement was then pressed into siding shingles that came in a wide.