Is asbestos as affordable as a roofing material?

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by Mal399489
Is asbestos as low cost as roofing material?
  4 answers
  • Asbestos is not a good material for roofing. Although its is still available with some roofing products particularly with the mastics and cement products used in the process of installing a roof. It is not suggested that if you can use these materials. Although allowed, government contracts for roofing state that these products cannot be used on their buildings. And as a home owner, you have the legal responsibility to disclose the use of this product (if known) during any home sale. Do you think someone would want to know that their future home has asbestos on the roof? Choose another product and keep your family safe as well as the guys who install this product. As far as affordability, depends upon the product your using. All the asbestos really provides is a binding agent to hold everything together as its fibers are strong.
  • Peg Peg on Aug 12, 2014
    Didn't think asbestos was still used today. Had asbestos siding replaced with new siding & they had to take all asbestos off before they sided our house.
  • On roofing shingles yes, they still use this product. Although from what I was told not as much as years past. But siding shingles, not sense the mid 60's have they been producing those products.
  • Michelle Leslie Michelle Leslie on Jan 28, 2022

    Hi, please avoid asbestos at all costs. It;s extremely dangerous and can cause cancer.