Asbestos Siding Not Necessarily A Problem When Restoring FourSquare Home

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The American FourSquare home is an architectural style that was popular from the late 1890s into the 1930s and is characterized by a strong, square design.

Features typical of this type of home include two stories with an attic as well as a full basement in some parts of the country.  The interiors usually feature four large rooms with a living room, dining room, kitchen and entry foyer on the first floor.

Some of these home have been updated or remodeled over the years with products that contain asbestos including asbestos siding, asbestos sheet flooring, or asbestos containing floor tiles.

Although any material containing asbestos in a home should be treated with extreme caution, successful renovations can be done as is evidenced by this FourSquare home in Austin, TX.

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