As anyone aware of any grants they may have for removing and replacing asbestos siding. It is harder and harder to insure my home partly bc of the siding, have tried researching but didn’t find anything. Just seeing if anyone knows of anything they May have to help with this.

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Posted by Harlan County USA

Member since Sep 2021

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Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:04 pm to Bob Sacamano 89

Would love to see pictures of the siding.

I've removed Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) on commercial roofing projects - coal tar pitch roofs, asbestos tile, and asbestos transite panels (steep slope roofs) in Alabama. Nothing to do with grants though.

As long as we didn't make it friable, which means make dust, we could remove it as a solid and dispose of it in regular dumpsters. If you cut it with a saw of any kind you're supposed to have on a hazmat suit, respirators, air monitors, bag it, place into asbestos dumpsters, and make the world aware you're disposing of it.

I'd just take it off in large pieces and don't cut it if possible. How much square footage are you talking?

Read this LA Asbestos Reqs

This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 6:17 pm

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Posted by Athanatos

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Member since Sep 2010

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Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:35 pm to Bob Sacamano 89

After the next hurricane, rip that stuff with with day laborers and be done with it.

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Posted by sledgehammer

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Posted on 2/13/24 at 7:03 am to Bob Sacamano 89

After the 2020 hurricanes, I had 15 tiles that were chipped that insurance covered to replace as well as new paint for the house. I tried to get insurance to take it all off and replace with vinyl, but they wouldn’t budge.

Right now, I have guys at the house repairing framing under the house and they broke some tiles. They did find replacements at Stine.

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Posted by Bob Sacamano 89

Member since Apr 2023

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Posted on 2/13/24 at 7:34 am to sledgehammer

Yea, I have a few cracked but for the most part they are all still real solid. It’s a great building material.
Like I said though, the problem is insurance on the house. It’s always more, once I find someone to agree to insure it

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Posted by Yammie250F

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Posted on 2/13/24 at 12:48 pm to Athanatos

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After the next hurricane, rip that stuff with with day laborers and be done with it

This

It would cost you a fortune to have it removed by an asbestos abatement company. Asbestos itself is fine unless its disturbed and even then you're more than likely fine especially in your case with a one time removing thing. Have to remember people worked in asbestos mines, applying it as insulation etc for years and years with no protection and were fine.
Just pick up the purple respirator filters and disposable coveralls from a box store and get to it.

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Posted by keakar

Member since Jan 2017

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Posted on 2/13/24 at 2:19 pm to Bob Sacamano 89

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Asbestos siding removal

go by home depot or lowes and hire a group of mexicans to tear it off and haul it away somewhere.

let them worry about how to get rid of it and you arent responsible for it.

then use that same crew to replace your house siding and repaint the house. you can even do just do one side of the house at a time if its easier for you and then you only need a couple of guys