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Hi Folks, I have a house built in 1968 and in the basement the floor is covered with 12X12 vinyl tile. I had sent the sample for asbestos testing and it came back negative for tile itself however the black mastic on the tile has 6% asbestos. My questions are What is the best way to cover the...

Hi all! We had a qualified asbestos remediation company remove asbestos tiles and mastic from our basement. They used a low VOC solvent to remove the mastic, but we simply cannot get the solvent smell out now. We’ve been using negative air machines for over a week with some improvement. It’s...

Hello, The floor in my home currently consists of concerete foundation, asbestos tiling, underlayment, and then a floating wood flooring on top. The old floating wood flooring has many gaps and wasn't installed very well, so we're removing it, as well as the old underlayment and installing a new...

I own a rambler that was built in the 1950's and is slab on grade so the subfloors are all concrete. An addition was put on in the 1980's that is also slab on grade. In total there is about 1600sf of concrete floors that I would like to flatten so I can install a floating engineered wood floor...

I'm going to remodel my bathroom. Part of the remodel will require me taking up the ceramic tile floor. The ceramic tiles were installed over an asbestos tile floor. Under the asbestos tile is the house's concrete slab. I want to remove both the ceramic and asbestos tiles. The main reason...

The short: ...i got a few quotes and they are about $ 300 dollars to take samples and assess the floor....currently most of the floor is covered by carpet... Not sure I want to pull anything up until I know what I'm dealing with so that 300 sounds like a waste at this point... I've read that...

Thank you in advance for your help...I'm lost on this one. I have just purchased a home with what I believed to be a concrete floor under the stained carpet and pad in the basement. My plan was to remove the carpet (which covers two sunken floor drains) and stain the concrete. I have now...

Hello Everyone - I hope that someone can help me out. I purchased a house that was built in 1958 and I live in Houston TX. The previous owner replaced the old floor tile about 3-4 months before I purchased the house. I discovered that the old tiles contained asbestos after I purchased the...