On 10/21/2012 9:48 PM, bob haller wrote:
well heres a little detail that could come back to bite the property
owner bad

So they do a DIY asbestos tile removal, when the home is up for sale
the law requires they disclose this and what they did,,,,,

now say you dont disclose the asbestos tile removal and anyone knows
you did it, and tells the new owner. the new owner can bring a lawsuit
and take the $$$ out of your account even years later...

they would demand a pro clean up, and environmental tests, imagine if
you happen to live in a asbestos prone area....... they could demand
the home must be cleaner than the outside
....

Well, again, you've taken a basic tenet and turned it into a tale of
unmitigated woe, Haller...

The risks (and therefore mitigation requirements and need for licensed
contractors, etc.) are _HIGHLY_ dependent upon the form in which the
asbestos is present. The risk from asbestos exposure is virtually all
in the friable, airborne particles that come from such applications as
the insulation products or the very fine dust that accumulated from,
say, brake linings that were airborne when using an air gun to clean
drums during replacements.

Vinyl/asbestos floor tile and the like are essentially non-friable
products and have very little dust-making propensity even when broken in
removal unless one goes out of one's way to create such dust.

So, while it probably is worthwhile to note the tiles were removed, it
surely isn't anything at all likely that any future buyer has any real
actionable cause even if not assuming even a modicum of care and cleanup
was taken in their removal. The chances of any inspection uncovering
asbestos in a friable, dangerous condition would be near zero unless the
tiles were deliberately ground to a powder and spread around. You might
as well claim they need to rewire and replace every panel box on general
principles, too.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/licensing/asbestos-work-categories.pdf

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