2008 property changed hands within same family transferred to son.
After we purchased found asbastos siding.
After this we suspect siding was updated to beige vinyl siding.
Asbestos siding was made by adding asbestos a naturally occurring mineral to portland cement.
We could also have the siding removed which would cost about 5 000 plus the cost of re siding the house.
Was asbestos in fiber cement siding in 1980 in canada.
Most siding companies are well experienced at techniques for covering over existing asbestos cement siding with new vinyl aluminum or fiber cement siding.
Assuming wood siding would have lasted at least 15 years that would be 1980.
That cement was then pressed into siding shingles that came in a wide.
I finally found an insurance company but now we are left paying an outrageous premium for an old 1940 s home.
The siding seems to be in good shape but we would of course have this verified by an inspector.
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.
So the red siding was most likely put on after 1976.
Asbestos siding was very commonly used in buildings and homes from around the 1920s until the 1980s and can still be found in many older homes in the u s.