I receive a lot of questions from home buyers about asbestos. Will we identify the presence of asbestos? Can we test for asbestos? Does this or that material contain asbestos? And so on. During one of ...

Old homes and old HVAC systems bring the potential for asbestos — and a whole slew of potential liabilities for HVAC contractors and duct cleaning companies who handle it. Matt Mountain of Mountain ...

Q: The home inspector I hired never mentioned that the floor tiles and air duct insulation contain asbestos. Shouldn't he have pointed this out? A: Asbestos is generally regarded as “outside the scope ...

I recently received a note from someone who lives in an old farm house in Hocking County. He writes that seams in pipes snaking from an old furnace in the cellar are wrapped with "old white, ...

Q: When we bought our home, the sellers said that everything was functional, which included the central heating and air conditioning system. On the day of our home inspection, the summer temperature ...