scraping/painting house with asbestos siding

[Elizabeth Jones]

Our Christmas in October group was assigned a house that
has asbestos siding. The paint on it is peeling pretty
badly and the home owner wanted us to scrape and paint.
This sounds like a bad idea to me. Does anyone know if
this is something we should try, or what procedures
we need to follow?

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[ameijers]

tree-hugger lawyer answer- check with your local health or hazmat agency, to
see what laws and regs in your area cover disturbing asbestos surfaces. They
will probably say moonsuit time, by a licensed abatement contractor, to
stabilize the surface, and either remove it or encapsulate it. The peeling
paint is probably leaded, also, at least on the bottom layers. That is a
bigger danger than the asbestos.

real-world answer- keep the area being scraped wet, to keep down dust, and
use gloves and a dust mask. put down plastic sheeting to catch the
scrapings, and keep kids and animals away.

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