Replacing Asphalt Siding

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Replacing asphalt siding.

Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. Fill in the nail holes. Asphalt siding made great homes for carpenter ants and termites and they d often cause considerable damage behind the asphalt siding over the years. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding.

A second problem was insect control. Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails. If the siding or roofing must be replaced contact a certified asbestos worker and prepare an abatement plan. Here are some of the benefits.

Replace damaged siding or roofing with an alternative mate rial such as nonasbestos fiber cement shingles or fiberboard. These shingles are specifically designed to match many of the most popular asbestos siding shingles installed in the past. Asphalt siding material was made in two common versions one much like asphalt roof shingles but in larger sheets right side of the building photo near the top of this article and the other was comprised of an asphalt coating laminated to hardboard siding material or laminated to a softer wood based insulating board panel often sold as. Unlike some of the original siding shingles that it replaces weatherside pre primed siding shingles contain no asbestos.

James hardie hardiepanel sierra 8 cedarmill vertical siding james hardie hardiepanel sierra 8 cedarmill vertical siding is a fiber cement siding designed to mimic the look of real wood siding with less maintenance better wear and a long life. Here s a closeup shot of the side of an inselbric panel. Sierra 8 panels feature a vertical groove that runs the length of the board every 8 in. Some asphalt siding may contain asbestos in the asphalt impregnated felt backer or asbestos may also be in the asphalt impregnated paper tar paper or felt used as a house wrap under the siding.

This asphalt siding is an ingenious product. It is very difficult to remove spray paint graffiti without also dissolving or discoloring some of the siding surface coating material itself. Weatherside is even resistant to warping denting rotting expansion contraction and termite infiltration. To address this problem and give you a product you can use on those jobs you used to pass on gaf has developed a fiber cement replacement product called weatherside fiber cement siding.