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.

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

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 ...

Question: Beatrice asks: I live in a 35-year-old house that has forced-air furnace pipes covered with asbestos. There are no breaks in the asbestos, but I wonder if I can cover them (wearing a mask) ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS • Crews finished the cleanup Sunday of dirt and asbestos pipe insulation that spewed over a one-block area of downtown after a steam pipe ruptured Thursday. Officials are awaiting test ...