Asbestos Siding Shingle Cutter

Asbestos cement was first developed in 1905 by the johns manville company who became one of the premier manufacturers of cement asbestos materials.

Asbestos siding shingle cutter.

It s generally in some type of cement board so best to wet it score it and then snap it. It is labelled as the new handy asbestos shingle cutter. There is an asbestos tile shear that is used specifically to cut tiles. Luckily found a replacement product from gaff.

A brief history of asbestos cement siding. Asbestos cement is a mixture of portland cement reinforced with asbestos fibers. They charged us a fortune to do the job and broke some anyway. The portland cement binds asbestos fibers into a hard mass.

Gaff weatherside siding for safe replacement of asbestos shingle. It s available in a variety of sizes and shapes to match many of the old siding shingles installed over the last 60 years. We are dedicated to keeping architectural salvage and building materials out of our landfills. We believe that it is cast iron it is quite heavy.

And it kind of you know kind of scores them and breaks them i guess would be the best way to explain it. Do not do this without an n100 respirator gloves and goggles and a piece of plastic down below to catch all remnants. Weatherside fiber cement siding is the 1 and only solution for replacing or repairing old asbestos siding shingles. We also have old fibrous cement shingles on our home.

The siding was made by combining cement with asbestos which is a naturally occurring mineral that is fibrous in nature and fireproof. Had to replace our roof. Told the roofers not to break the siding. The use of asbestos siding shingles was a popular one that was used in the us from the early part of the 20th century until the 1970s.