Asbestos?
I was looking to insulate by hot water lines in the basement, and looking around I found this small section of old insulation (maybe 4 feet total) that I’m hoping is not asbestos, but I’d like your opinions… If so, for such a small amount, what is the preferred way to remove and dispose of…
I was looking to insulate by hot water lines in the basement, and looking around I found this small section of old insulation (maybe 4 feet total) that I’m hoping is not asbestos, but I’d like your opinions…
If so, for such a small amount, what is the preferred way to remove and dispose of this without calling in the Hazmat team and Homeland Security?
thanks!
So Denton, you have a medical degree? It’s very rare that it attacks the liver. But I guess you would know that assuming you have a medical background in Mesothelioma cancer. I guess the oncologists at Sloan Kettering & Columbia University don’t know what their talking about. Give me a break loser…..Like I need stupid comments from someone who’s talking out their A-hole. Come back to me when you see your best friend waste away to nothing from this horrible disease.
liver cancer? gimme a break. There are municipal water systems that have asbestos cement pipe. When you drink the water you drink millions of ppm asbestos. No one gets ill. You could eat asbestos all day long and not have a problem. Asbestos is a problem in lungs, nowhere else. And even then, over 90% of asbestos victims were smokers. Asbestos is a natural organic material that outcrops the earth in many places and therefore exists everywhere in minute quantities. Really.
Best asbestos remediation company I’ve ever used: Leinster Contracting/Pat Hogan. Prompt, efficient, and reasonably priced. Pat’s number is 917-681-8906. You definitely want this professionally taken care of,
They’ve been discussed on previous forun posts: http://bstoner.wpengine.com/forum/archives/2008/02/asbestos_remova_11.php
Also recommended elsewhere:
http://www.insiderpages.com/b/15247325102/leinster-contracting-inc-jackson-heights
Thanks mopar, he lasted only 8 months after being diagnosed. He passed 2 days after his 52nd birthday. We were friends since we were 5 yrs old. There hasn’t been a day that goes by that I don’t think of him.
This is the most informative thread yet on this topic. Thanks, Denton and everyone. Wholesalerbill, I am sorry to hear you lost your best friend last year.
Ahhhh, I remember the days when I was a young pup plumber in the 70’s and we would attack asbestos on an old boiler with nothing but a pair of gloves and a cheesy dust mask. I’ve made it to 53 yrs now and still haven’t felt the effects. Hopefully I never will. I lost my best friend to liver cancer last year because of asbestos poisoning that he handled in the early 70’s on a job where he handled marine clutches coated in asbestos.
We had a similar job done last year by a licensed contractor, and it cost about $1,700 including follow-up air testing. God knows how they got it off, but they painted the pipes with a white substance and HEPA-vac’d. (We had to have it done in order for Con Ed to work down there; otherwise, I’d just avoid getting down on the ol’ yoga mat in our unfinished basement.) The comments above are pretty sound, and yes, the biggest challenge with DIY is getting rid of the stuff legally. I presume most people just put it into black bags and sneak it out with the trash; not a good idea, but just try finding any alternatives. Don’t know what the contractors do with the stuff; maybe they dump it down by Whole Foods.
people talk about asbestos today like they used to talk about homosexuality, the smallest exposure is toxic and possibly irreversible.
But you know what? Not a single person has ever gotten sick because their house has asbestos insulation.
Many of the men who worked with the stuff day in day out, developed lung disease after years of exposure. Not because they had a raggedy piece of pipe insulation in the basement.
Why would you not have it tested, and upon finding out the likely results, have it professionally removed and disposed of properly? Unless you don’t believe it’s a health risk.
Asbestos was used to insulated pipes, especially cast in place on elbows, but even the straight runs that look like cardboard often have asbestos content.