Add Asbestos Monitoring to Your Annual Home Safety Audit
Why asbestos monitoring should be part of your annual home safety audit for pre-1980s homes, and how to keep a simple ongoing record.
What Is Asbestos? A Homeowner’s Guide to Identification and Safe Removal
What asbestos is, where it hides in pre-1990 homes, why only lab testing can confirm it, and when intact material is genuinely safer left undisturbed.
How Common Is Asbestos in Homes? Prevalence, Risk Factors, and What Homeowners Should Know
How often asbestos turns up in homes: pre-1980 construction, vermiculite attic insulation treated as presumed-positive, and why disturbance is the real driver.
DIY Asbestos Mitigation: Step‑by‑Step Guidance for Homeowners
A step-by-step DIY method for small, non-friable asbestos jobs: PPE, sealed negative-pressure containment, wet handling, labeled disposal, clearance testing.
Best Asbestos Identification and Safe Removal Products: A Practical Buyer’s Guide
A non-brand-specific look at asbestos PPE, containment and clean-up supplies: P100 respirators, 6-mil poly sheeting, HEPA negative pressure, and waste bags.