How To Cut Asbestos Siding Shingles To Insert Window

Mark the line to be cut on asbestos cement sheeting using a pencil and straightedge.

How to cut asbestos siding shingles to insert window. Cut hole with saber jig saw with support close to the cut. I have a stock of the original asbestos shingles and i just want to get enough to fill the 34 x 4 foot section. I have tried a jigsaw a circ saw with a sanding wheel. Use a dry masonry blade in your circular saw the abrasive kind used to cut brick block.

Vacuum thoroughly with a wet dry shop vacuum equipped with a hepa filter after finishing. Cutting asbestos shingles is a no no because it s so hazardous. But here s how you do it. You could just cut the head of the nail off with a set of side cutting pliers.

If you use the claw of the hammer make sure that you do so with the head of the hammer against something solid behind the shingle or you will break the shingle. Carefully slide the new fiber cement shingles into place. Line up the nail holes between the old upper layer cement asbestos shingles and the new fiber cement shingles to be secured underneath. I have asked alot of smart tradesman and cannot yet figure out how to cut old asbestos shingles.

If cement shingles have to be cut use the manufacturer s recommended cutting tool not a power saw that will make a lot of dust. I installed a window where a awful leakin door was. Yeah well you re absolutely right.