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, ...

Question: My 1970s cottage-cheese acoustic ceiling has been lab-tested and found to contain asbestos. Is it legal for me as a homeowner to remove the acoustic material if I use the proper safety ...

Q: Geary asks: I have asbestos taping on the forced-air heater ducting and plenum in a 38-year-old house. This taping is on the outside of the ducts and plenum only, so I haven't worried about it. But ...