I was under the impression that the owner of a single family home is allowed to remove a certain amount of asbestos pipe insulation, like 25′. I can’t find anything at nyc.gov to confirm or deny.

Q. My home was built in 1926 and has asbestos insulation on all the hot water pipes under the building. Fortunately, all of this asbestos has been wrapped. When I first learned about it, I was ...

Decades ago, water pipes containing asbestos were installed throughout Central Florida. Now, as those pipes deteriorate, public-works officials are debating how to replace them without releasing the ...

Removing old attic insulation can improve your home's energy efficiency and air quality, but it’s not a task to jump into unprepared. From dealing with potentially hazardous materials to getting a ...

You may have noticed people in protective suits and masks working on Superior Street in recent days. Licensed contractors who specialize in asbestos abatement have been on the job, helping the city of ...

Q–In our 60-year-old house the basement pipes are covered with asbestos and over this is a plaster covering. The plaster has disintegrated in various places and is hanging down, exposing the asbestos.

Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School administrators found a proverbial lump of coal in their stockings in the form of an asbestos problem that was uncovered this holiday season. The vo-tech’s ...

The Pen Argyl Area School Board last night awarded a contract for the removal of asbestos pipe insulation in the junior high school building but rejected bids for the removal of similar insulation in ...

Liverpool, NY – Contractors are removing asbestos in flooring tile, pipe insulation and fittings this week in a section of Liverpool Middle School in the Liverpool Central School District. Staff and ...