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Is this asbestos siding?
Hello. I'm in Japan and I'm Japanese. I built a 2x6 house in 1995 and
installed siding made in USA. By some reason, I'm not able to contact the contractor who built my house anymore, and I have no clue to find out whether the siding is made of asbestos or not. I heard asbestos has been already banned in the US since some years ago, but I have no clue about if the siding manufactured before year 1995 contains asbestos or not. Here is the picture of the siding: http://spilaris.atspace.com/siding.htm It's approximately 9mm(0.35 inches) thick and approximately 150mm(5.9 inches) wide, but each shingle is overlapping so I don't know the real width of the original product. I suppose the length of overlapped part is probably some 2 inches. I suppose the siding was manufactured a few months or a few years before 1995 since they were new. The sidings were shipped from a building material dealer in Seattle in 1995. I really appreciate if someone could inform me if the siding of my house contains asbestos or not. Incidentally, in case the siding contains asbestos, should I remove them? Or if I paint on them thick, could I avoid the particles of asbestos flying in the air effectively? Is removing of the siding the only method to avoid them flying in the air? Or is there any other method to avoid them flying in the air? Thanks in advance. |
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