In california...can you remove it yourself? If removing tiles with asbestos glue that are frail, do we need to contact the local health authorities. Is it expensive to have them come out and do the job? How dangerous is it to do yourself and can you simply "cover" it with a new floor, such as hardwood or even re-cement the floor...

We had a flooding problem and had to pull a very old carpet out. Underneath we found 9x9 tiles,probably containing asbestos.A few of the tiles broke in the process and also some tiles are cracked probably from tacking the carpet down.Currently we use the room for storage and my hudbands clothes,but eventually we like to use it for living again. What is the safest and most inexpensive way to deal with that floor. We will not take the tiles out.How big is the danger of Asbestos exposure right now?

I am moving into a house that has a bedroom with an old, glued-down linoleum floor. Is it safer to put in a nailed-down real wood floor over the linoleum floor or a floating laminate floor? I am concerned about releasing asbestos fibers (although I didn't get lab results back as yet...I'm having the tar tested for asbestos).

Well you see it just isn't the same without the yellow bag as part of your costume. And since everyone is scared of asbestos it only makes sense that an abatement worker is a good halloween costume. So the question lies within the legalities with the use of the asbestos bag (of course there is not actually asbestos in it) its just a bag that yellow and says 'contains asbestos health hazard' etc.

I work in a nice 9 story office building in houston, tx. It was built in 1988. I work on the top floor so for exercise i take the stairs instead of the elevator. One of my co workers said he thinks the enclosed staircase has asbestos in it. I thought they stopped using asbestos way before 1988. The material he’s talking about is a dark gray color....it looks like someone blow tons of dust and dirt all over the ceiling. How do I know if this is asbestos?

Ok, my friends and I are planning to do a little ghost hunting this weekend, but the place has asbestos.

We've got surgical masks, but I read somewhere that they don't keep the asbestos out, so... if we were there, say... 12 hours, what are the health risks, if we wear the masks?

My in-laws home is 30+years old, the exterior siding is the old 'wafer' type asbestos paneling, There are a few broken pieces here and there.
I would like to help to do something about it, but no way we can afford the monstrous bill to have asbestos removed.

Any good suggestions on what to place over it and/or what to use? Something that will last and is weather durable. Thanks!

My boyfriend and I just purchased a house. It's about 40 years old but in good condition. We noticed that the garage roof is made of asbestos and we're wondering if we should worry about asbestos in the walls of the house because my boyfriend is a plumber and is going to re-pipe the house. We are also knocking down one of the walls to make our bathroom bigger and I am just worrying that the dust could be dangerous. Help!

I have started the process to insulate my 113 year old house. The walls are slats and plaster/stucco. My question is , what is this plaster made of? Could it contain asbestos? So far what I have seen it is redish in color and not fibrous at all. Is this Atrex, or just plan old plaster?

I know I have asbestos in my house's walling. Does that mean whenever my heat blows that asbestos will blow out with it? Is there a way to know this?