*sigh*
We have it in our basement. I didn’t realize it was asbestos until I found a leftover box of vinyil asbestos tile in the garage, looked inside and saw our basement floor tile! I should mention that our home inspector said NOTHING about this.
Aynway, it seems in good shape. We want to carpet down there. do we need to hire people to come in with masks and tear it out, or can we just leave it? we’re going to resell in a couple of years. Thanks in advance!
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>>*sigh*
>>We have it in our basement. I didn't realize it was asbestos until I found a leftover box of vinyil asbestos tile in the garage, looked inside and saw our basement floor tile! I should mention that our home inspector said NOTHING about this.
>>Aynway, it seems in good shape. We want to carpet down there. do we need to hire people to come in with masks and tear it out, or can we just leave it? we're going to resell in a couple of years. Thanks in advance!
If it's in good shape, don't sweat it, and don't abrade it.
Betcha your home inspcetor didn't mention the asbestos likely in any of the stuff mentioned at http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/ashome.html#3 including:
"RESILIENT FLOOR TILES (vinyl asbestos, asphalt, and rubber), the backing on VINYL SHEET FLOORING, and ADHESIVES used for installing floor tile."
And
"SOUNDPROOFING OR DECORATIVE MATERIAL sprayed on walls and ceilings. Loose, crumbly, or water-damaged material may release fibers. So will sanding, drilling, or scraping the material. PATCHING AND JOINT COMPOUNDS for walls and ceilings, and TEXTURED PAINTS. Sanding, scraping, or drilling these surfaces may release asbestos."
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thanks, bob! I am seriously NOT impressed with the quality of that home inspection. I had the feeling he was trying to "help" our realtor with the sale. There were several other things he didn't mention--like the gas valve behind the stove that no longer worked because the gas line to the kitchen was cut, and anyway it was far out of code. Just one of many things.
Edited to say, I've half a mind to write a less-than-positive review on Angie's List (a members-only consumer review company located in Indianapolis, among other cities.) Singing Die Zauberflöte in English is like eating at the Olive Garden.
Edited 2/16/2005 10:51 am ET by meow!
>>I am seriously NOT impressed with the quality of that home inspection. Well, unfortunately, there are more than enough HI's who leave something to be desired, but I'm wondering if your guy's problem is that he didn't make it clear enough as to what he could and couldn't do. (Or if some contractor has come around telling you "your home inspector should have seen that." A common event, and usually inaccurate because many contractors don't know what an HI is and can and can't cover, either.)>>There were several other things he didn't mention--like the gas valve behind the stove that no longer worked because the gas line to the kitchen was cut, and anyway it was far out of code. Just one of many things.Home inspections are visual inspections - if he couldn't see the cut line, there's not much he could have done. No home inspector I know will actually operate a gas valve except in rare circumstances. (The odds of any given valve having problems are low, but the few that do can really screw up your day. And in a full week, I'm going to be seeing about 50 gas valves a week!)Did he test the stove itself? Tell you that it worked? Or that it didn't work?"Out of code." 99.999% of the stuff I see is "out of code."Code applies at the time we are building - once the building is done, as codes change we don't have to go back and change the building.I'm guessing it was the old style valve. Still very common in my area, and they don't have to be changed unless the gas pipe itself is being changed.And finally, a home inspector is going to be mainly looking for major problems. No one wants to spend the type of money that would be needed for the time it would take to try to find all of the problems in a home.For anything more than, say, 30 years, I figure it would take about $1500 - $2000 in time to do exhaustive, "find everything" kind of inspection.
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As long as it is encapsulated..it will not pose a problem..You don't want the tile to become "friable" so as long as you don't try to scrape it or sand it..you're okay...
We've had many asbestos abatement contractors on our jobs and the consensus is that the amount of actual asbestos in floor tile is so low that the EPA is supposedly going to remove it from the list of contaminated materials..
Great! I'm feeling better and better. :-)
Singing Die Zauberflöte in English is like eating at the Olive Garden.