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01-10-2016, 01:32 AM
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Roofing Dust, including from old cedar shingles on herp garden
I just had a rental house re-roofed, and the tenants herb garden is
covered with a lot of dust from the job. Parsley, mint, etc. The roofer said don't use the cedar shingles to start fires, because they used arsenic on them for fireproofing, which I had never heard of. Now I'm wondering if that garden is safe to use again. Has anyone ever considered this problem and how to recover from it? The roof was cedar shingles and 2 layers of composition, so lotsa of dust from both. |
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01-10-2016, 02:02 PM
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Roofing Dust, including from old cedar shingles on herp garden
Bob F wrote:
I just had a rental house re-roofed, and the tenants herb garden is covered with a lot of dust from the job. Parsley, mint, etc. The roofer said don't use the cedar shingles to start fires, because they used arsenic on them for fireproofing, which I had never heard of. Now I'm wondering if that garden is safe to use again. Has anyone ever considered this problem and how to recover from it? The roof was cedar shingles and 2 layers of composition, so lotsa of dust from both. shop vaccuum it up? songbird |
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04-10-2016, 06:20 AM
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Roofing Dust, including from old cedar shingles on herp garden
On 9/30/2016 5:32 PM, Bob F wrote:
I just had a rental house re-roofed, and the tenants herb garden is covered with a lot of dust from the job. Parsley, mint, etc. The roofer said don't use the cedar shingles to start fires, because they used arsenic on them for fireproofing, which I had never heard of. Now I'm wondering if that garden is safe to use again. Has anyone ever considered this problem and how to recover from it? The roof was cedar shingles and 2 layers of composition, so lots of dust from both. The roofer, after research, reported that they hadn't started treating the shingles anywhere near the late 40's when these shingles were probably put on. Maybe there is no problem? |
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05-10-2016, 03:59 PM
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Roofing Dust, including from old cedar shingles on herp garden
Bob F wrote:
.... The roofer, after research, reported that they hadn't started treating the shingles anywhere near the late 40's when these shingles were probably put on. Maybe there is no problem? hope not! songbird |
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