Question: I’m taking up a tile floor and need to dispose of it. I’m not sure if it’s asbestos tile or not. How and where can I dispose of it? Answer: There are two kinds of asbestos: friable, which is ...

Asbestos, a heat-resistant fibrous silicate mineral, was a common element in construction materials due to its resilient, durable nature—until the 1980s, anyway, when it was banned due to the ...

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 ...

Q. MY one-and-a-half-storey home was built in 1946 with the original floor coverings on the main floor hallway and the entire upper level. This flooring is vinyl-asbestos tiles. Simply installing ...

Community Consolidated School District 62 in Des Plaines will spend up to $550,000 next summer to remove asbestos tiles at South and Orchard Place Elementary Schools and replace them with vinyl tile ...

Plus, what is causing a home’s exterior paint job to blister? Send you home improvement questions to [email protected]. Q. I live in an old 1800s home and had the floors tested for asbestos. The ...

*Billed as $4 plus GST every four weeks. Offer only available to new and qualified returning subscribers. Cancel any time. Question: Our house was built in 1984 in Charleswood. The laundry room has ...