AsbestosI have contracted an asbestos related tumour which am informed was dormant and could have been inhaled over 40 years ago.I was the second person on site when an Victor bomber crashed on take off in 1962 I spent over two hours at this site with all debris and chemicals etc [...]
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Asbestos
My home is a house built in 1961 and has some weird type of siding on it. It is fake brick panels, thick, and seems fiberish on the back of it. It was put over wood panels. I recently had my home inspected and he said I should have it tested for [...]
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Asbestos
Our house was built in 1939 and has plaster walls and ceilings. While a friend was cutting through the ceiling in order to install can lights, it dawned on him that the sheetrock behind the plaster may contain asbestos–it is sheetrock covered with brown paper on both sides.
Is there a sure way to tell [...]
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Asbestos
I have an older home with Asbestos-concrete siding in relatively good condition so I do not see replacing it as being needed.
However, I am missing several of the corner pieces.
These are the metal end caps that slide up onto the two adjoining pieces of asbestos-concrete to fill in the crease where the two meet on [...]
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AsbestosI live in tokyo and a 7-storey apartment-complex just across will be demolished from feb1 till Oct.,I just got some letter…ANYWAY reason is asbestos,level 2 and 3,they say its not airborne-asbestos?must be removed.As my family,I have kid of 9 and a dog ,wont know what to do and are so worried about our health-risks..does [...]
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AsbestosOk , my friend was ripping out 30 year old carpet in a 80 year old house and he found that under the carpet is nothing but asbestos . He wants to know what he should do as far as who to call , and he wants to know whats going to happen when he [...]
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AsbestosI have a home in southern CA built in 1964 and I recently removed the popcorn ceiling in one of my rooms without testing for asbestos. (i am in the process of testing) I was told i didn’t need to worry about it but i now know better. Anyways I am sure that their [...]
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AsbestosIm working on a freinds house it had veritical cedar sideing with paint on it and paper under it the house was built in the 50s or so and i am wondering is it possible for the paint to have asbestos in it or the paper under it or even the cedar boards themself he [...]
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Asbestosso i have a question about asbestos in school. so i went with my class to the computer lab to do research and there was this white stuff all over the computers and keyboard, i assumed it was dust because we just came back from summerbreak and the room wasn’t occupied during that time. but [...]
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AsbestosI planning on removing asbestos tiles from exterior of my home. I know all the dangers and know how to do it properly and cost efficiently but here is the question. Will my property value go up if I can show that I removed and properly disposed of asbestos?
Homes in my area have mix of [...]
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