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Let’s Look Through The Mailbag!<\/b><\/p>\n

Reader “Fiancee” writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Bob!<\/p>\n

You’ve been spreading rumors over the internet<\/a> suggesting that a certain sister and her fiance haven’t contacted you regarding a new purchase. Poo! [She] has tried to call you twice. Anyway, you two can fight over that one. My essay suggestion is this: Talk about indoor tiles on the ceiling, you know the white ones. Can you discuss what it entails to rip down, what I might expect to find underneath, what to do when we get there, good and bad scenarios, how much space usually found between the tiles and the original ceiling. And of course cost parameters! [She] is already chomping [sic] at the bit. Let’s talk soon.<\/i><\/p>\n

Yikes! And it turns out that he’s exactly right. After I posted that, I thought it might be good fun to actually check my messages (both on the gizmo by the phone and the voicemail thingy). Sure enough, she did call to tell us the happy news and sadly, we failed to listen. We’re horrible people and should be ashamed, so we will be.<\/p>\n

What should one expect when tearing down ceiling tiles? Asbestos! Lovely, useful, insulating asbestos. Oh wait, what’s that? Cancer-something? Whatever.<\/p>\n

Considering the age of the “remodel” that I’ve been hearing about, chances are nine out of ten that the tiles are made of the stuff. If you’re made of money, you can hire an asbestos abatement crew to come in and remove it. If you’re not, you can certainly remove it yourself, but take a bunch of very over-the-top measures to keep from breathing it. If it were me, I’d get a garden insect sprayer, fill it with water, pump it up, and spray the hell out of the tiles first. Wearing a respirator (not a cheap\/crap dust mask) and goggles, I’d scrape the stuff off while keeping it wet. Scrape it into garbage bags and seal them when full.<\/p>\n

I heard that there’s wall to wall carpet that’s going away, so that’s a good drop cloth, but make sure that the asbestos fibers don’t dry out and become airborne before the carpet is removed. That makes the ceiling repair time and painting time short, but you really, really don’t want to breathe that stuff. At all.<\/p>\n

Is that enough for now?<\/p>\n

Your contrite pal,<\/p>\n

bob<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s Look Through The Mailbag! Reader “Fiancee” writes: Hi Bob! You’ve been spreading rumors over the internet suggesting that a certain sister and her fiance haven’t contacted you regarding a new purchase. Poo! [She] has tried to call you twice. Anyway, you two can fight over that one. My essay suggestion is this: Talk about … <\/p>\n

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