You probably already know that asbestos can lead to health problems, but how do you know if it's lurking in the tiles in your ...

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: Our home is about 60 years old house and has asbestos floor tiles under the carpets. Now that we're selling, our agent wants us to list these tiles on our disclosure statement. She says this kind ...

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 ...

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 ...

FITCHBURG — Gym tiles containing asbestos at South Street Elementary School were removed improperly by a maintenance worker, Board of Health Director Stephen Curry said Friday. But Curry said there is ...

It’s time to catch up with some questions from readers. QUESTION: I have discovered what appears to be older asbestos vinyl floor tiles in some of my closets. The main floors appear carpeted over a ...

Q It's been three years since we bought our home, and we just discovered asbestos tiles under the basement carpet. Unfortunately, this was not reported by our home inspector. We regard his oversight ...

Q. When we bought our house, the home inspector told us the asphalt floor tiles in the kitchen might contain asbestos. At the time, we weren't particularly concerned. Now that we are remodeling, our ...

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, ...