We have been living in the shop now for about a week. We plan on being there a month. My old house is completely empty and I have started the dismantling project. However there is a question about asbestos that the county wants addressed. So I guess I have that to deal with on top of everything else.
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Crazy Horse
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My wife watches some of the HGTV programs, that can be nasty (and expensive to remove) properly. Good luck ...
Geo-TH,In
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I know a guy who tore down a building, painted concrete blocks were considered toxic waste because of lead paint.
It would have cost over a million to take down an old factory in town, same thing painted block. Instead of tearing it down, they turned it into River front Loft apartment near Indiana state university.
Link below shows what they did with the old factory. I think it's very neat.
Asbestos has to go to a special landfill, like painted block.
river front appartments
It would have cost over a million to take down an old factory in town, same thing painted block. Instead of tearing it down, they turned it into River front Loft apartment near Indiana state university.
Link below shows what they did with the old factory. I think it's very neat.
Asbestos has to go to a special landfill, like painted block.
river front appartments
Bob Bancroft
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- Location
- Aurora NY
It is my understanding that here in NY, a homeowner can deal with asbestos on their own. But a contractor can be fined out of business if they try that.
DoubleO7
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- Location
- Crystal River, FL
What is the question?
Either it is there or isn't.
Stephen Newell
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The asbestos thing is blown way out of proportion however if the county is involved you have to play it their way. You would have to get someone in there licensed to remove it.
Steve@Advance
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Asbestos can be a worm can you don't want to open!!!
Have you hired someone to tear down and dispose of it? That's usually when the regulations kick in, the transportation and disposal.
If it gets expensive, and it probably will, might be better to keep the building intact and repurpose it, or quietly dig a hole and dispose of it onsite.
Have you hired someone to tear down and dispose of it? That's usually when the regulations kick in, the transportation and disposal.
If it gets expensive, and it probably will, might be better to keep the building intact and repurpose it, or quietly dig a hole and dispose of it onsite.
Tractorcedric
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- Location
- Garland. Utah
Are we talking about asbestos shingle siding? And what does the county want to know? State? Are you just going to build a new house on the old site?
tractorguy2
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My sister lives next door the the county sheriff. He had asbestos siding on his house. When he had his siding replaced. he hired a bunch of mexicans to remove the asbestos siding. They only wore gloves and a bandana around their face. Ripped the siding off tossed it in a truck and off they went. The guy that installed the new siding said what the sheriff did was not legal and he didn't know anything about it and didn't want to know anything.
Phil-mar Farms
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I have stripped the asbestos slate siding off two of our homes. Our siding contractor told us about a dumpster company that would dispose of it. When we tore it off we kept it wetted down with soap water and avoided smashing it to pieces. We made the soap water with a Miracle Grow fertilizer applicator filled with dish soap to make the water wetter
Stephen Newell
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I grew up in a house with asbestos siding. The stuff is hard as slate. I can't imagine someone having health problems just taking it off. Maybe if someone installed it for a living cutting the stuff all the time they might get an occupational hazard thing from it. Otherwise it is great stuff. It's slightly more than 1/8 thick and no heat transfers through it.
old
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- Location
- Camdenton Missouri
Yes sad that the law enforcement breaks as many or more law then they in force
gene bender
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Good ole COLORADO liberals at their finest hr glad i no longer own property there or live there
larry@stinescorner
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The very best to you and Susan,,show us the picture of Susan on her farmall c ..Ok?
My parents added onto our house in '91 when the asbestos fear was in full swing. The original part of our house had asbestos slate siding which was to be replaced with vinyl. My parents decided on a raised covered porch, because building the porch was cheaper than a land fill bill for the asbestos. The porch was raised off the footer by 3 blocks, we tore off all the siding, put it in the center, back filled with pea gravel, and poured a concrete slab.
showcrop
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Why can't you pull it aside and then tear it down after getting the new one installed? Asbestos killed many people. The big question about it is whether or not it is "friable". IIRC the floor tile and siding are friable while most insulation is not. Friable means the fibers are very short so they float better and are worse for getting in the lungs.
Crazy Horse
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L swear Gene, you can try to steer almost any post in a political direction. OK, we know now that you lost the last election and are a card-carrying member of the GOP ..... but time to give it a rest IMHO. Fire up the cannons in three years maybe ....
Timmycornpicker
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- Location
- Almost Pennsylvania, New Jersey.
4x4x8 sheets of it were popular barn and chicken house siding in this area back in the 40s and 50s. The fire insurance people liked it. We've been told by various officials if you don't cut it, drill it, or break it, it's not a problem. After hanging on a barn for 70+ years, removing a full 4x4x8 sheet without it breaking can be problematic, especially if it has a hundred little nails through it! Some guys were very thorough with their fastening . . . .
Here in Ohio, we bought a farm that was in pretty rough shape. The house and garage both had some asbestos shingles on them. The auctioneer stated that he would be responsible for removing the asbestos shingles. When the time came and he had hired someone to remove them, we asked the details on disposal. They said if it's residential asbestos waste, it can go to the regular landfill but if it's commercial there's a whole different process for the waste.
DoubleO7
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- Location
- Crystal River, FL
You can still do ALL of those things to it.
The problem is our government regulators think they have to be nannys in order to prevent us from stupidly breathing in the fibers or eating the stuff.
DoubleO7
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- Location
- Crystal River, FL
LOL,
how you gonna "burn it up" ??? Asbestos siding was used as a fireproofing material. It does not burn.
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