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 ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Asbestos was once thought of as something of a wonder material. It increases durability, it's a good insulator, and it's ...

My coop building is planning a renovation of the lobby and first floor which currently have asbestos-containing tile. Some people want to rip out the floors & replace them with stone, which means we ...

Asbestos floor tiles in 12 John M. Grasse Elementary School classrooms have to be removed and replaced, Director of Operations Jeff Loeffler told the Pennridge School Board Facilities Committee March ...

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 ...

Floor tiles containing asbestos were removed from East Elementary in Jackson before construction started this summer. A printed email was sent home Wednesday to inform parents of asbestos being in the ...

The Bremen Community High School District 228 board recently adopted an emergency resolution authorizing the use of about $12,000 in residual life-safety funds to finance a repair at a high school.

Workers will spend the winter break removing an asbestos gym floor from Eisenhower School in Prospect Heights. “We figure let’s get it done now, when the kids won’t be around,” said Rick Ewanio, ...