Need Some Help On Removing Asbestos Siding

TurnkeyConst

Hey guys well went and looked at a job on expanding on a business. The house has asbestos siding on the whole thing. But on an 8'x25' room that I will be demolishing I have to get rid of the asbestos. Do I need to contact someone to get rid of it or can we just put on dust masks? If someone could help in this issue would be helpful. Also if anyone has any instances on how much it might cost to dispose of it properly would also be helpful. Thanks guys.

Patrick

Call the city/town. Some cities will allow you to do it if you follow all the precautions, suits goggles gloves, and they will provide you with special bags and boxes and bags to put the boxed bags (lol) in and then give you special forms to fill out when you dump it at the designated location. My personal opinion of the whole nasty process is just to have someone with all the certifications bid on doing the work. Less work for you, and a lot less headaches as they will have to be responsible for everything.

Kingfisher

Lookked into it here in FL for an addition I'm bidding on and the answer here is for a singel family home any one can remove it and the big land fill will take it at $36 a ton just like regular construction waste but you have to bring it in bagged even if you're going to dump it when you get there and the bags rip it's for the trip to the dump. Here the county had a EPA office that helped.

TurnkeyConst

ok thanks guys for your input. I will contact the city to see about what all I would have to do to comply with removing it. maybe go through the headache just to get the experience with it so I can relate when someone gives me an estimate if I have to deal with it in the future. thanks guys you have been a big help!!

Ed the Roofer

On residential, there are no regulations except for the dumping issue already answered, but if it is a commercial building, (not this case), you are required to have air monitoring and a Qualified Man on site.

A good safety tip is to continually wet the debris so the "Friable" content does not become airborne. There are HEPA filtered masks and disposable body encapsulation uniforms that can be worn for safety. You don't want an asbestos lawsuit coming back to bite you in the azz years down the road and harm an individuals health.

Check with the EPA and OSHA for regulations and updates. I needed to look this up 2 years ago,so it is probably still current, but you never know if changes have been made.

Ed

Tom M

I looked into this earlier in the year, its a hassle either way. The asbestos siding is non friable and has low asbestos content something like 5%. Im not entirely sure, calling your local building dept will help. But like Patrick said, I found the whole thing an ordeal and in the end I asked the removal company to price it in. If you wet the siding with a hose, you can let it drop onto plastic sheets. The water contains the air bourne dust and limits the hazard the suits and stuff are for isolated or confined indoor removal. Where indoor air quality has to be measured.

neolitic

Tyvek coveralls are still a good idea just to keep it off of clothes and out of the laundry. Regular dust masks--mostly what you're getting is concrete dust.
Lots of water. Drop it onto plastic, lots of water, and double bag it.
Here we have to declare it at the dump, so that it goes into the landfill and not the incinerator.

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TurnkeyConst

Hey guys you have been an extreme amount of help regarding this issue. Has definately helped me out in who to call about the issue to get it taken care of. Just wanted to thank you again for all your support and input into this issue.