Asbestos That's Not a Ripoff?
Can anyone recommend an honest and fairly priced company to do asbestos removal? I’ve tried calling a few from old postings on this site but they appear to no longer be in business. We have a small job: Remove fewer than 5 inches of asbestos from pipes in basement, vacuum dirt floor, and simply throw…
Can anyone recommend an honest and fairly priced company to do asbestos removal? I’ve tried calling a few from old postings on this site but they appear to no longer be in business.
We have a small job: Remove fewer than 5 inches of asbestos from pipes in basement, vacuum dirt floor, and simply throw away a small amount of linoleum that is not glued to the floor.
mesothelioma
# Approximately 2,000 to 3,000 new cases are reported each year in the U.S.
# Approximately 80 percent of diagnosed cases can be directly linked to a job where asbestos was present.
That means that shipyard workers, insulators, construction workers, welders, plumbers, electricians, steamfitters, pipefitters, boilermakers, railroad workers, chemical plant workers, power plant workers, miners and auto mechanics over the age of 65 will make up 2400 of those patients. 600 people who have had no direct exposure will make up the remaining victims.
http://www.asbestos.com/mesothelioma/statistics.php
ON the other hand: Lightning injures about 1000 people in the U.S. each year.
http://www.thecomputerwizard.biz/lightning.htm
Modern Life is inherently dangerous.
Except it’s not about a $50 shopvac. It’s about the real live sanitation workers handling your triple bag, and the next guy’s triple bag, and all the other toxic material people bury in their trash. The real live workers who maintain the trucks and work in the garages that house them. Worth protecting yourself but not the others around you…is that such a tough call?
Dampening the floor and any surface will eliminate the dust factor. Why bother trying to save a $50 vac full of asbestos. Better to double or triple bag it and send it to a landfill.
you know asbestos causes mesothelioma… and mesothelioma kills people. why would you play with peoples lives!!
why not just do the legal thing instead of trying to run a scam?.. if you get caught illegally dumping asbestos you will be liable for 10s of thousands of dollars in fines?.. is it worth not paying the standard 2-3 grand abatement fee? not to mention poising yourself and your family because you are so greedy
Modsquad, could you elaborate? How do I dampen the whole floor? Why do I need to throw away the whole vacuum? Have you done this?
Also, the off the shelf masks don’t fit at all. I should order a custom one but it takes time.
Buy the cheapest smallest wet/dry Rigid shop vac, install the optional HEPA filter, dampen the entire floor and bag the entire vacuum and throw it away.
Can’t. Can’t get it off the pipes. But we could just leave it. There’s hardly any.
The floor is the real problem because at one point someone incorrectly removed a lot of asbestos insulation (I think) and it’s all over and we kick it up and track it all over the place whenever we go down there.
Is vacuuming the dirt floor with a HEPA vacuum just like regular vacuuming? I’m worried I won’t do it right.
Thank you!
mopar…wet it down with a hose and remove it yourself. It’s not that big of a deal and as long as you’re not raising dust there’s no danger. Throw it all in th rubbish on friday remodeling rubbbish day.