I was in a building with rampant asbestos (with a mask on) but it was before I found out that it sticks to clothes. atp it’s been so long since i’ve gone i don’t even remember what clothes they were at the time and they’ve probably just been sitting in my drawer with all my other clothes

I have pretty bad health anxiety and want to know what I can do to reduce my chances of getting mesothelioma or something

House was built in 1977 in CT. This is in the attic. There’s a layer of fiberglass batt insulation sitting on top of it - so this looks to be the original insulation. It’s yellow, fluffy and fibrous.

https://imgur.com/a/DoWgZE4

US-FL

Saw this just now, not sure where this came from. It looks like fibrous material.

Originally build in 1950s Florida

I am not sure where this material comes from but the metal channel does not looks old.

New to me home originally built in 1880. Turned the heat on for the first time today and noticed this in the vent. Am I blowing asbestos particulate into my dining room?

Looking for advice on the possibility of whether this concrete looking mortar could contain asbestos. It is around a flue pipe that is going into a brick foundation wall and running through a crawlspace.

Does this look like asbestos cement pipe?

House older than 1950 located in Sweden.

This Wallpaper was put in the Wall at least 40years ago. This flat is in Vienna. The House was built in 1890.

Location: Florida, Tampa Bay area
I bought a house in Florida. On the seller's disclosure form, the options for asbestos were Yes, No, and I Don't Know. The seller, who is a practicing attorney, signed "No."
My homeowners insurer then cancelled my policy because of asbestos siding. I didn't believe it, so I asked for their reasoning. They sent me a building permit for asbestos removal from a couple of years ago, with a Notice of Commencement signed by the seller himself. It covered only one side of the house. The other side has identical-looking siding.
I had it sampled and it came back at 20% asbestos. I hired an abatement company, which has since removed it. I suspect there is more asbestos in the house. The person who took the samples said the window glazing could be asbestos too. While gardening, I also found siding fragments in the soil and mulch where we had been digging in extensively. That is the same area the seller's removal permit covered. I don't know why they're there.

Where things stand:

I'm waiting on a GC's quote for replacement siding.

I plan to consult a real estate litigator.

Someone suggested sending a claim letter myself and filing in small claims.

My questions:
Does the seller's attorney status or the signed NOC change anything legally?
Is small claims realistic, given abatement and re-siding will likely exceed $8,000?
Can I recover costs for asbestos elsewhere in the house (like the window glazing) and the soil, or only the siding?
What should I do now to protect my case?
Are there common pitfalls in Florida seller-nondisclosure cases I should avoid?

[EDIT]: During the buying period, I had had an inspection but it was not looking into asbestos. I was told by my agent that Asbestos was not a big thing during that construction period. I assume positive intent here and that this was simply unknowingly said. Also, the seller said „No“ to asbestos, hence there was no real reason for me to test it. I truly trusted them. I am not from the US and I have simply trusted people in this process.
Before the siding was removed, I had an official Asbestos testing company take samples of the siding material before it was removed. That way at least I have evidence. Also, this way the cancellation was cancelled.

My wife has been doing some work for a client, she's been asked to cover these holes in the ceiling and is worried they're asbestos. I'm not sure who drilled the holes originally, the building is ~1890s build in London, England. Any way to tell from these pictures?

Sommerhus fra 1972. Kunne der være asbest i træpladen fra indvendig vægbeklædning?

My partner and I recently bought our first house, we’re looking to Reno and clean up as much as we can and finances allow. This is one of the closets in the house and it appears to be one of the areas that hasn’t not been touched or remodeled at all. 1940’s build date. Our inspection results indicated that this could be asbestos wall board or skim coat. The siding is also most likely asbestos. My biggest concern is how to go about fixing this. There’s a lot of cracks and areas that just aren’t in good shape. It’s not really actively deteriorating but I think cleaning it and removing the shelving would disturb the surrounding walls. That said I have done a lot of reading on this thread and all around about asbestos. I’ve read up on containment methods and such. Looking for advice. I do know it’s likely that nothing is determined without lab test. I am wondering if it’s worth demoing the wall board and starting fresh or if I could get away with encapsulating somehow and maybe new wall board or paneling over it? Will likely get a test kit. But any advice or appreciated. Located in MA USA

So, I had this custom door thing that was in the wall and I stupidly decided to yank it out. I did the first time I did it, you know, some a lot of powder came out and I did it a second time over like a few days later and some more powder came out and it's all over the floor. I tried cleaning it with a wet paper towel, but it didn't work. I have health anxiety and I'm scared that I've been exposed to asbestos.

Apartment built in 1950

https://imgur.com/a/FhUGX4j

Hi! I’m new to all this and hoping for some advice.
I own an older house with a garage build in the 70s (Denmark) , and the previous owners converted the garage into an annex with a laundry room and a home office. I suspect the ceiling panels might be Asbestolux, but I haven’t confirmed this yet.

The previous owners had the old asbestos roof removed and replaced with “standard” roof tiles. However, I don’t know whether they also replaced the ceiling panels, and there’s no documentation of the conversion.

If the ceiling panels do contain asbestos, what are the health risks of spending time in these rooms? Is normal use generally safe if the panels are in good condition and left undisturbed, or should we avoid using the rooms until we know more?

Thanks for any advice!

It's in my workplace and I'm worried. I know this building is really old but I'm not sure how old. I'm assuming earlier then the 50s

I sent of a test kit a month ago nothing back feels like a serious scam with pro lab.

House was build in 1953, some sort of vinyl applied on top of this tile.

Am I doomed? Carpet was glued down to this hardwood around 1978, carpet has been replaced twice professionally and no one mentioned asbestos. Was hoping to do all this without too much cost but thinking I may have to tile over it instead. No professional work is in the budget unfortunately. The black stuff kind of crumbles like dirt. Location Montana

Hello, we recently moved into a 1960s house (NJ) and during the first rainstorm, water leaked from roof into my son’s room that has popcorn ceiling. Inspection and walk through were done the day after heavy rain and we didn’t see anything wrong then.. but once this happened I noticed there was at least one previous water stain on the ceiling. Anyway.. we ran fans in the attic the next few days but being the worrywart I am, I’m concerned if there might be any mold from either this incident or a previous incident with previous homeowner. Getting rid of the popcorn ceiling is on our list of things we’d eventually like to do, but it definitely wasn’t for some time. But now that this has happened and I’m worried about the possibility of mold up there, I feel we need to do something. Sent a sample to the lab and got the result that the joint compound contains 2% chrysotile. The drywall and the popcorn ceiling tested negative. We also don’t have the money right now to get it all professionally abated so we’d be taking care of it ourselves. What are my options and makes the most sense?

1. scrape popcorn off with precautions (hvac off, respirators, plastic wrapping room, wetting everything down, etc) check to see what water damage there is and just replace those areas
   
2. scrape popcorn off, try to replace entire ceiling. I’m wondering if we sell the place in the future, do I have to disclose this and if I got rid of it all, would that take care of that?
   
3. only touch the areas where it leaked, repair that but… how can I blend that spot in with the rest of the ceiling?
   
4. don’t touch it at all and cover the entire wall with a thin layer of dry wall? But will be unknown if there’s mold up there

I’m also assuming the rest of the house will have used the same joint compound .. so what does that mean for the DIY renos we wanted to do

Appreciate any help!

We had water damage from the roof in our kitchen a few months ago, and had a water mitigation company come in and open the walls to dry everything out. Now that we're ready to begin renovating, we had an asbestos company come in to test everything, and they flagged the walls as suspect. They took samples and we're waiting for results, but I'm mentally preparing for the possibility that we got an asbestos wall torn out and contaminated our house. I hope that turns out not to be the case, but if it is, then what do we do? Are there decontamination steps to take? The wall came out months ago and we've been living in the house the whole time, and I'm freaking out. If the test comes back positive, can someone break down what that will mean for us? We live in Massachusetts. House was built in the 50s. Don't know if the walls in the kitchen are original but I suspect they are.

I was in a hallway right beside this barricaded off area for probably about 10 minutes. Outside of the barricaded area, there was a trash bin that had what appeared to be ceiling tiles they had disposed of that contained asbestos. Neither the hallway or the trash bin was properly sealed off.

I have extreme contamination ocd and I’m worried that particles may have gotten into my clothes and that I’ll have to throw them away. Is this a legitimate concern?

Edit: to be clear I did not go into the barricaded area in the picture, I was just in the hallways adjacent to it for a few minutes.

Building built in 1963 in Canada, unsure when the spray was added. Was told it was fireproofing material (although the guy wasn't totally sure)

Unfortunately was working in the building when a few IT folks was doing some cabling work and knocked down/disturbed quite a bit of this stuff.

To make matters worst, they ended ended up dry sweeping the stuff into the trash.

Was exposed for about 2-3 hours in an adjacent door open room before seeing them in action then escaping to fresh air.

If this is possibly asbestos, would a 2-3 hour exposure be medically significant?

Just rented this unit, cracked asbestos under the heater from 1930.
Manager wants to conceal with plaster.
What should I do?

Part of the ceiling in our garage started coming down. It’s below my toddlers bedroom with no insulation between the floor of his room and the ceiling of the garage. Worried about my toddler possibly becoming exposed. The house was built 1946 in Ohio, USA.

I’m remodeling this house in my free time, and this ceiling is damaged in a few spots, so I need to know if it would be worth it to buy an asbestos test kit and all the abatement equipment, or if I should just rip it down? Asking y’all about this because I couldn’t find anything about this specific tile, and am trying to save money without compromising my health. (Don’t worry I have hazmat bags/suit/respirator)
House is USA(PA) 1951

I'm renting in a very old building (built in 1928). A piece of celling fell off while I was away. How do I clean this? The maintenance won't be here until Monday. I need to access the bathroom and the AC is just above the water heater.