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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
Please be careful (we need all the Pelicans we have) with your handling of the old stuff as it may contain some asbestos. I don't know about your country, but here in New Zealand fibre cement board stuff like you have, from that era, contains some asbestos 
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I think he has Masonite, guaranteed for 25 yeats. It's looks like cardboard and wax.
Masonite Siding Settlement Claims Assistance lot of trouble for $500 if you are even in the dates.
Hardi-plank is a 50 year product if I remember right.
You are supposed to wear a dust mask to avoid breathing the silica dust when you cut the hardi plank. It causes cancer if you live in California.