Dealing with an asbestos ceiling? It’s important to handle it safely. In this video, I share the proper steps for managing asbestos and ensuring your home remains safe while addressing this hazardous ...

Asbestos insulation comes in many forms and can look loose, lumpy, and fluffy like wool or hardened like corrugated cardboard or pebbly, and has a gray, gray-brown, or silvery gold color.

Q: I would like to get rid our popcorn ceiling, which contains 2 to 3 percent asbestos. We plan to cover the cathedral living room ceiling with paneling. The bedrooms are in no danger of being ...

If there is no asbestos, you can scrape, sand and wash off the popcorn and paint what is under it. Formaldehyde foam wall insulation Question: My house is insulated with foam installed in the 1970s.

Dear Jerry: My house was built in 1953 and my basement is about 600 square feet. The flooring is 12-by-12-inch square vinyl tiles which are glued down with black material that looks like roofing ...

The last asbestos exposure at Danube followed the 1994 Northridge earthquake, she said. Asbestos, which was used before 1973 as a fire retardant in ceilings and floor tiles, is generally ...

ADEAR ALLEN: During the 1980s and early 1990s, removal of acoustic ceiling texture was commonly done for environmental safety reasons because breathing asbestos fibers was known to cause lung disease.

The cost of asbestos removal is so high, I've decided to overlay the ceilings with drywall. The person I've hired to do the work suggested quarter-inch thick drywall.