Asbestos Siding Home Value

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Asbestos siding home value.

This article series includes a photo guide and text that can help in identification of asbestos containing wall siding products like asphalt shingles asbestos cement siding shingles. It can be old and look exactly like asbestos siding but contain no asbestos as not every siding manufacturer added asbestos t their products. This article explains the impact on home sales due to cement asbestos shingle siding time on market and resale value might be impacted by asbestos in buildings. Will the covid 19 crisis push home values lower.

When removing asbestos siding or roofing from your home you must be properly covered head to toe with respirators properly worn to make sure no exposure is possible. Tests can be done is less than a week and usually cost 20 30. Installing vinyl siding will require disturbing the asbestos by nailing into it. It only takes being exposed to asbestos one time to get mesothelioma and other lung diseases and any improper handling of asbestos can impact a person s health down the road.

Unless asbestos siding is disturbed it doesn t pose a significant health hazard and does not need to be removed. A home that has enclosed the old asbestos cement siding with new siding is perfectly acceptable to home inspectors and real estate assessors and it rarely has any negative effect on home values. After 20 years as a home inspector this is not something i have ever seen impact a home s value. Cement asbestos siding is non organic and so it does not decay and actually holds paint quite well which by the way is not dangerous contrary to what you have been told.

The first step would be to get a test done to make sure the siding on the home actually contains asbestos. Both the epa and the vinyl siding institute recommend not disturbing asbestos if at all possible. As for handling it you do need to take a few precautions.