If necessary carefully lift siding pieces with pry tool to expose nail heads.
How to cut asbestos tile siding.
But here s how you do it.
Smooth off jagged edges with a sharp carpenter s rasp to keep asbestos particle sizes as large as possible.
How to cut asbestos cement.
It s tedious but beats replacing the entire skin on the house.
Saw through a cut line in asbestos cement pipe with a hacksaw fitted with a coarse blade.
Yeah well you re absolutely right.
Wet the line down and score a deep groove into the surface with a sharp utility knife and straightedge.
Mark the line to be cut on asbestos cement sheeting using a pencil and straightedge.
Try to get them off without breaking them.
Use a dry masonry blade in your circular saw the abrasive kind used to cut brick block.
Place the sheet on a solid surface such as a work bench.
The siding holds paint well and helps keep the house cool we re trying to keep it.
Breakage releases asbestos fibers.
Cut the replacement siding to the size you need with a wet saw designed for tile work.
You could just cut the head of the nail off with a set of side cutting pliers.
If siding should begin to crack or crumble immediately wet the cracked or broken areas with the pint size spray bottle or garden pump sprayer.
And it kind of you know kind of scores them and breaks them i guess would be the best way to explain it.
Guide to siding over asbestos cement siding.
A common remodeling practice is to install new vinyl or aluminum siding over cement asbestos shingle siding as well as over many other older siding materials when the old siding has become damaged leaky or cosmetically ugly.
Remove pieces of siding by pulling nails or cutting nail heads so as to minimize breakage.
Cutting asbestos shingles is a no no because it s so hazardous.
We will have to paint it soon.
There is an asbestos tile shear that is used specifically to cut tiles.
Have a helper wet the area down while you re using the rasp.