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Caps for holes left by dilling holes in asbestos siding.
Punch out the circle when done if you are worried about the dust wet it down while drilling.
The house is a cape cod built in 1950 and has wonderful asbestos siding on it which i recently had painted.
Hello bought an old home with asbestos siding.
Then with a utility knife i would trace the outline.
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Use a cement bit or youll destroy your drill bit.
Then i would drill a few more holes along the outline of the vent hole you are trying to make.
I ve searched this diy forum for some tips on drilling asbestos siding but the closest i found was folks discussing cutting holes in asbestos siding.
Removal of or drilling through asbestos containing floor tile and or mastic is a class iii operation under the osha asbestos standard for construction 29 cfr 1926 1101 as long as the amount of asbestos containing debris from the work can be contained in one standard sized waste bag not exceeding 60 inches in length and width.
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I would drill a hole at each corner.
You re drilling a couple of holes and you ll be outside.
The following procedures are for drilling holes through asbestos containing materials acm.
If it were me i might throw on an n95 mask if it was handy.
Eh people get crazy about asbestos and mold.
That should create a real weak spot along the.
Again this will destroy your blades so have a few good ones.
Not all of the siding is asbestos more modern versions are mineral content for an 8 hole use an 8 plumbers bit or scribe your circumference than drill a series of 1 4 pilot bits around the circle spacing them less than 1 4 apart.
For a hole cutter the minimum to get is a carbide tipped hole saw and best for lots of holes are the hole cutters with tungsten carbide teeth.
Best material to patch drill holes in asbestos siding.
The adjustable hole cutters from hole pro have tungsten carbide blades and i have cut 7 holes in asbestos and fiber cement board hardie certainteed etc using this hole cutter and a 18 volt cordless.
If utilized correctly these work procedures will keep exposure levels below the permissible exposure limit pel and excursion level el of 0 1 f cc and 1 0 f cc respectively.
If it was convenient i also might keep a running hose on the hole as i m drilling to keep the dust down.
Some are missing or broken but it s all good as we bought cement fiberboard replicas and we ll take precautions during the removal of the bad shingles tiles whatever you call them.
