Instructions For The Removal Of Asbestos-Containing Transite Siding

Do's:

• Obtain a permit from the Air Quality Agency.
• Use a hose or garden sprayer to keep shingles wet at all times during removal.
• Remove shingles in whole pieces by cutting nail heads, or pulling nails from house.
• Begin at the top of the house, and work across the rows, and then down to the bottom.
• Spread 6-mil poly sheeting along ground at base of house to catch any pieces that may break during removal.
• Gently lower shingles to ground in whole pieces.
• Keeping shingles wet, stack them and wrap them in 6-mil poly
  (wrapped shingles may be placed in corrugated boxes for ease of handling.)
• Clean up area around house to collect pieces not contained on the poly sheeting.
• Deliver shingles to the County landfill, along with a copy of removal permit.
• Call Air Quality at (828) 250-6777 with any questions.

Don'ts:

• Don't break the shingles off the house by pounding on them with a hammer or crowbar.
• Don't place shingles loose in the back of a pickup or dump truck.
• Don't leave pieces of shingles on the ground after removal.