This certainly is a job you can do yourself if you choose to but is one area of concern. Providing you have the right process in place is to try and avoid unnecessary breakages as once broken edges are exposed there is further risk of breathing in exposed fibres.  We advise going to Safety First shop to get the correct mask and overalls.

When an unregistered person has done work themselves and has small broken pieces of cladding scattered around, if reported to WorkSafe NZ by a neighbour or a passer-by, it can result in the site being closed down and an expensive clean-up required before the project can be continued on to the finish. This can involve hiring earthmoving machinery to remove contaminated soil. These unbudgeted additional costs can be very expensive and often hold up a project some weeks.