It is available in a variety of sizes and shapes to match many of the old siding shingles installed over the last 60 years.
Cement asbestos siding shingles.
So it would be reasonable to treat your siding as presumed asbestos containing material.
Weatherside fiber cement siding is the 1 and weatherside fiber cement siding is the 1 and only solution for replacing or repairing old asbestos siding shingles.
China glaze was a trademarked name for a cement asbestos siding shingle filed by u s.
When the asbestos cement siding is soiled or moldy or has an algae coating we prefer to gently clean the surface with a sprayer perhaps a deck cleaner solution.
Gypsum and trademarked in 1962.
They would not warp or rot and were resistant to damage caused by insects.
Weatherside fiber cement siding is the 1 and weatherside fiber cement siding is the 1 and only solution for replacing or repairing old asbestos siding shingles.
Manufactured from a mix of asbestos fibers and hydraulic cement asbestos cement roof shingles were rigid durable and fireproof.
Asbestos cement siding is very brittle and can be easily chipped cracked or broken.
Adding asbestos to the cement shingles gave them more strength and resistance to fire as well as rot and termite resistance due to the nature of the product.
Our research found that the term china glaze siding was first used in february 1957.
It s available in a variety of sizes and shapes to match many of the old siding shingles installed over the last 60 years.
The siding was made by combining cement with asbestos which is a naturally occurring mineral that is fibrous in nature and fireproof.
But because the material is easily damaged by a heavy handed worker unfamiliar with the materials involved asbestos cement siding has to be repaired and maintained with care.
Asbestos cement can be dangerous if pulverized by sawing sanding breaking etc.
0 312 in x 8 25 in x 144 in hardieplank primed woodgrain lap fiber cement siding panel.
My invention relates to the production of 10 cement shingles or to shingles formed of hydraulic cement and asbestos known as asbestos shingles and is particularly designed to produce a shingle or similar slab which shall have a surface variegated in color or of a dominant color different from that of the cement or other materials of which the body of the slab is formed and which color shall be permanent and not removable by the action of water.