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butch burton
 
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Default Asbestos testing in NJ

IF you have to go the abatement route - a bunch of guys come in, garb
up in tyvek suits, build all sorts of barriers and go through all kinds
of shenanigans to get the stuff out - necessary?

What it will do is drain your wallet. If you have an "abatement
service" test for asbestos and they find any at all, they will make
certain you have to remove the stuff at a great cost.

Years ago had an old house with a gravity furnace that was swaddled in
asbestos lagging - every pipe and all way around the furnace. After
heating season was over - started taking it down - hauled it to the
landfill encased in large bags. Broke the furnace into small pieces
and did the same - hosed the place down and scrubbed it - put in a new
furnace myself. It is still going just fine. If the tile bug you -
just take them up with a tile removal tool - looks like a flattened hoe
- if they are really stuck down - rent a machine that prys up the tiles
- did a big store where they used way too much mastic - goes fast.
Doubt if there are any real risks doing it yourself - good luck