
Cement shingles off one wall to check the wood siding underneath
Example project
- Home
- 1940s one-story house in Everett
- Original request
- Find out whether the original wood siding under the cement shingles is worth saving
- Testing
- The cracked shingle that first showed the wood goes to the lab: positive
- Area
- About 260 sq ft, the front wall around the porch
- Agency notice
- Clean air agency filing for that one wall
- Timeline
- Two days, then a pause while the owners look at the wood
- Cost
- $4,200
In this example, a cement shingle has broken off a 1940s house in Everett and shows painted wood lap siding underneath. Before the owners commit to stripping the whole house, they want one wall opened to see what shape the wood is in. A shingle tests positive.






