So it would be reasonable to treat your siding as presumed asbestos containing material.
Asbestos siding first used.
Asbestos siding was made by adding asbestos a naturally occurring mineral to portland cement.
The use of asbestos dates back at least 4 500 years.
Evidence found near the lake juojärvi finland shows that people used it to make pots and other cooking utensils.
Gary a reasonable guess for the start of widespread use of asbestos cement siding in the u s.
China glaze was a trademarked name for a cement asbestos siding shingle filed by u s.
Theophrastus was successor to aristotle in the peripatetic school in greece.
In theophrastus on stones from around 300 bc there is a reference to a material that is thought to be asbestos.
Asbestos siding was very commonly used in buildings and homes from around the 1920s until the 1980s and can still be found in many older homes in the u s.
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From 1930 to 1980 asbestos was used in a number of property building.
Siding material and other products using asbestos reinforced concrete continued to be sold and installed well into the early 1970s since it was believed that the process of making asbestos cement somehow neutralized the asbestos fibers.
Asbestos is a mineral fiber that in the past was used as a flame retardant strengthening agent that provided heat insulation.
Asbestos cement was first developed in 1905 by the johns manville company who became one of the premier manufacturers of cement asbestos materials.
Asbestos was first used in the 1930s because when mixed into building materials it offered flame resistance increased strength and insulation.
Gypsum and trademarked in 1962.
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However removing the asbestos siding first though more expensive is the best alternative in the long run.
Our research found that the term china glaze siding was first used in february 1957.