Asbestos Roofing and Siding Abatement Information-Asbestos Encasement for Transite Roofing and Siding

Asbestos Roofing and Siding Encasement manages asbestos. Asbestos Encasement is cost effective. Information on asbestos roofing/siding and the management of these asbestos containing materials in place is a value in itself.  Find out how applying The AsbestoSafe® Encasement System can help protect building occupants from harmful exposure to friable asbestos and the dust and fibers that can be accidentally released during normal operations and maintenance of asbestos containing roofing and siding materials.  Asbestos is the best fireproofing on earth and can help protect your building during a fire.  Well maintained asbestos containing materials can last for the life of the building.

Asbestos roofing and siding, A.K.A Transite paneling leaks through seams between panels when the material begins to weather and age.  By sealing the seams and encasing asbestos containing transite paneling you seal in the asbestos fibers and seal out the weather.  Our Globe Caulk will seal the seams.  MPE Multi-Purpose Encapsulant can be applied with little surface preparation.  AsbestoSafe® TopCoat will provide a durable Class A Fire Rated coatings surface that will last for 20 years.

Information of Asbestos Roofing Abatement and LEED-EB

LEED-EB Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Existing Buildings:

The use of GLOBAL Encasement's Award winning coatings solutions alone can help a building owner to achieve LEED-EB certification.  The AsbestoSafe® Encasement System provides proven measurable results for managing asbestos in place and is excellent for use over asbestos containing roofing systems and asbestos containing siding.  When GLOBAL Encasement, Inc.'s architectural green coatings purchased equal 10% or more of the total project cost points can be earned that count toward LEED-EB Certification.

Listed below are the areas where Encasement can prove benificial and the points it is possible to earn with the use of The AsbestoSafe®  Encasement System that count toward acheiving LEED-EB Certification:

LEED-EB Project Checklist

♦ Sustainable Sites
      Credit 6.2 - Heat Island Reduction: Roof (1 pt)
♦ Energy & Atmosphere
      Credit 1 - Optimize Energy Performance (10 pts)
      Credit 3.2 – Building Operations and Maintenance ( 1 pt)
♦ Materials & Resources
      Credit 1 – Construction, Demolition and Renovation Waste Management (2 pts)
      Credit 2 – Optimize Use of Alternative Materials (5 pts)

Asbestos Abatement Myths and Facts

The term "asbestos abatement" is thought to mean removal and disposal of the asbestos containing material and/or building components when in fact the term abatement refers to a decrease in, a lessening of the dangers and hazards associated with the asbestos containing material.
 
Asbestos containing materials can often be contained with in place management methods discribed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  There is no substitute for a good building operations and maintenance program when dealing with asbestos containing materials in buildings and this program can be simplified by encasement of the asbestos containing materials with GLOBAL Encasement's super-compliant architectural green coatings solutions.
 
 

There is No Need to Remove Asbestos Containing Materials,"Just Encase".

You don't have to remove asbestos containing materials unless it's absolutely necessary as with the demolition of a building.  Our motto has always been "Just Encase".  Even where it seems there is no choice you can still use GLOBAL Encasement's Green Coatings Solutions as an alternative to removal.

Even with the situation of leaking asbestos roofing and siding panels, A.K.A. Transite shingles or paneling, there is a simple solution avoiding the costly and unnecessary removal of these wonderful fireproofing materials.  You can encase the asbestos containing roofing or siding material sealing in hazardous asbestos while sealing out the weather at the same time.

Encase Asbestos Containing Materials and Make Your Building Look Good

It has become common knowledge that asbestos containing material surfaces can't be sanded or prepped in the usual way without causing hazardous fiber release and as these surfaces weather they start to look ugly, not asthetically pleasing to the eye.  GLOBAL Encasement's MPE Multi-Purpose Encapsulant and PrepLESS Primer™ don't require extensive preparation of surfaces before application.  If all the building owner wants is for the building to look good and there seems to be no option except removal...remember:

Encasement is the alternative to removal and we always say, "Just Encase"

Not only can you abate the asbestos containing roofing or siding and weatherproof/waterproof the existing asbestos roofing or siding system without removal/replacement, our Green Coatings solutions make the building surfaces look good.  Our protective coatings beautify the surfaces and can be custom tinted almost any color.

Information on New Roofing/Siding Covering Asbestos Roofing/Siding

Even when you have decided to put new roofing or siding over the asbestos containing roofing or siding there is a danger of hazardous fiber release during placement of the new roofing or siding and thereafter, if the original asbestos containing materials are not first contained through in place management by encasement or encapsulation.

Find out how our encasement/encapsulation systems can help protect against hazardous fiber release from asbestos containing materials.  Remember, no matter what condition the asbestos containing materials are in, don't remove them,"Just Encase".

Make GLOBAL Encasement's AsbestoSafe®  Encasement Systems
 

Your Asbestos Abatement Method