Q: We bought our house about eight months ago and just learned that we have asbestos insulation on the air ducts in our attic. The sellers must have known about it because they purchased a new forced ...

If a grayish, pebble-like substance lurks silently in the attic of an older home, ignorance on the part of the owner will not work out to be bliss. In some homes built between 1919 and 1990, ...

The typical cost of attic insulation is between $1,500 and $3,500, with a national average of $2,500. Cost factors for attic insulation installation include attic size, insulation type, insulation ...

It wasn’t easy to decide how to remove our kitchen floor, aging sheet vinyl with a gray backing that turned out to be 40 percent asbestos. We needed to take it out as part of a remodeling project. The ...

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Q: The home inspector who checked my house reported that the attic insulation is about 6 inches thick, but he didn't say whether it's made of fiberglass, asbestos or cellulite. I am concerned about ...

It's a question that's long been on homeowners' minds as the Environmental Protection Agency continues an unprecedented cleanup of homes and commercial properties in Libby, where the former W.R. Grace ...

Nov. 4, 2005 — -- Here are some tips to keep your home safe from asbestos-laced vermiculite: First you need to determine if your home contains vermiculite. Not all vermiculite is the same. The ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that it will immediately remove asbestos-contaminated insulation from the attics and walls of hundreds of homes in the tiny northwestern Montana ...