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Originally posted by yellowgowild
Thanks for youre help people. I wish I could cover it with something else but unfortunately, this is a 1920's bungalow, and I need to restore it to the original condition if I'm going to get any buyers.
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If I know my houses, asbestos shingle siding would be the original siding for a 1920's bungalow. It's very common in the houses around here.
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Originally posted by homerhop
I live in a town where the main industry for the past 30+ years has been asbestos production.The amount of people in this place who have died from asbestos related illness is unreal, and it is a terrible death.
I know of a few who have gone to England to see specialists because of lung problems and they (the specialists) were able to tell them straight away where they came from.
So asbestos should not be taken lightly when dealing with it.
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I knew a guy who installed fiberglass insulation and ended up with very bad lungs from breathing in glass fibers. I know another guy who used to do auto body work and got bad lungs from being around too many paint fumes. The exposure isn't going to kill you unless you're planning on making a full time job out of it. Now, I'm not saying it's not bad stuff because it is in the long term, I'm saying it's not as scary as the trial lawyers would have you believe...