Can asbestos be 100% removed from a house where it has been tested to be a high Asbestos explosure area?
Posted on August 4th, 2009 by admin
Asbestos
I was in the middle of purchasing a house and the house inspector found there is a ‘broken transite vent pipe’ located in the attic. It looks like there were some contractors who did Air Conditioning installation work in the attic a while back and they somehow broke the transite vent pipe without knowing it’s a hazard of friable asbestos. The broken transite pipe was left without any proper wrapping or coating as of today.
I was in the middle of purchasing a house and the house inspector found there is a ‘broken transite vent pipe’ located in the attic. It looks like there were some contractors who did Air Conditioning installation work in the attic a while back and they somehow broke the transite vent pipe without knowing it’s a hazard of friable asbestos. The broken transite pipe was left without any proper wrapping or coating as of today.
As per suggested by the inspector, I asked asbestos consultant to collect samples and to run an asbestos testing. The test result revealed that the transite pipe is a ACM (Asbestos Containing Material), containing 22% asbestos.
My question here is:
If I hire a fully licensed asbestos abatement contractor to do the removal/clean-up, after they do the asbestos removal/cleaning job, can asbestos be 100% removed? Will there still be some airborne asbestos fibers and/or particles in the house? Is it safe to proceed to buy this house?
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There is a simple element of law that is perfect for you;
when you seek an abatement contractor; you need to have
a WRITTEN AGREEMENT that states, they agree that when
they are done with whatever they are going to do, your house
will ‘read’ asbestos free–not 5% or 1% BUT ZERO.
YOU put their fee into escrow— and until their work is tested
by an outside expert and is shown to be 100% clean, the
remediators are not paid!
And make sure they give you a 1 yr warranty.
cheers