AsbestosBasement can get wet during rainy season. (Working on that) Also may have asbestos so we do not want to disturb it at all. Will be puttin small area rugs in to soften it up. Approx 1000 sq ft.Swine Flu Map
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AsbestosI am not sure if it is asbestos in our laundry but prefer to treat it as though it is. My husband doesn’t think the same and a few months back he drilled some holes to hang a paper towel rack on the wall. I wasn’t there at the time so not sure if any [...]
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Asbestos
I’m helping a friend with some work on a new condo she just bought. It was built in 1979, and the existing flooring is parquet that we’ve started to remove. We are assuming it was the original flooring because it is consistent with other units in the same complex.
I am a [...]
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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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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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AsbestosDoes anyone know if contractors in NY State must have a house tested for ASBESTOS before tearing out drywall, flooring, sheetrock, etc? I’ve heard that OSHA demands testing on any building, even private homes if it is built before 1974 to protect workers from ASBESTOS exposure. If a contractor gets caught doing even the smallest [...]
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Asbestosi am removing a fireplace from a house built in the 1930s or so, should i be worried about asbestos at all??Swine Flu Map
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AsbestosI recently bought a house and am wanting to redo the basement floors. The problem is my house was built in 1949 and I was told that there is most likely asbestos underneath the tile. I don’t want to deal with removing the possible asbestos so I was curious if I could just [...]
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AsbestosMy husband and i are beginning the demolition phase in remodeling our bathroom. Our house was built in 1979, and when we tore out one of the walls, we found pink fiberglass insulation. I am pretty sure it is asbestos. How do we deal with this problem? Should we remove it and replace it (taking [...]
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AsbestosI want to remove the vinyl flooring I placed in our home 4 years ago. Reading on the internet on “how to remove vinly flooring,” I read to be aware of possible asbestos contamination. Should I worry about this? Please helpFree Twitter Buttons
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