pat800 asked: I am buying a century-old terraced home–well, perhaps not anymore after receiving this home buyer’s report–and have just found out that the house contains ‘asbestos based’ material. The survey does not state exactly what this material is, but my general question is how does one go about eliminating such material from an old [...]

Cora asked: I was looking at buying a home with an octopus furnace (AKA gravity furnace) and the vent pipes were white and made of asbestos. I was told a HAZMAT team would have to come in and remove the asbestos, but I am curious as to what they do with the asbestos covered pipes [...]

HAPPY_DAYZZZ asked: i am intrested in a potential home, i just paid for a building inspection report.(visual inspection)
should i get the house tested for lead, mold, asbestos. etc…

Jerry 71 asked: I am a tenant in an office building built in 1978 in northern Calif. The owners want to “update” the fire alarm system. I was told that the fire alarm system would be extended to each unit and installed in the ceiling. Any thing to look out for or [...]

thecup420 asked: My apartment was built in 1952 and today they are replacing the furnace. Is there any chance that there could be asbestos exposed in the removal of the old furnace? When (what year) did asbestos become prohibited in the US? I live in Ohio if that helps…

ges2000gt asked: I suspect that the presence of these shingles should significantly lower the price one should be able to expect to sell an older home for, even if they are covered by vinyl siding and are in good condition. As an example, on a 2500 sq ft. home offered for sale for $200K, would [...]

westphalia1 asked: Is’nt there a telephone number to the Federal Government to find out whether or not your home could have been built with some asbestos materials? What would the contact there be?

Little Divas25 asked: We just bought a house and our ceiling has the cottage cheese texture to it and it is cracked and broken in many placed so my husband wants to just take it off. I have told him that it may contain asbestos but he thinks he can do it on his own. [...]

DMD0209 asked: 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 [...]

sarah d asked: I have been advised this has been done in the past in the UK to avoid the cost of asbestos removal