Dear Jerry: My house was built in 1953 and my basement is about 600 square feet. The flooring is 12-by-12-inch square vinyl tiles which are glued down with black material that looks like roofing ...

Josh Bergeron - Rows of court files fill the basement of the Rowan County Courthouse. Thousands of Rowan County court files will be displaced, some permanently, as part of a project to replace floor ...

In our basement we have approx 500 square feet of individual 9″ square yellow and red asbestos tiles of which some are chipping and cracking. Obviously they need to be removed professionally, does ...

Q Our house was built in 1950 and has what I think is asbestos tile in the basement. We'd like to put in an in-floor heating system with ceramic tile on top. Is it OK to put electric in-floor heat on ...

Q It's been three years since we bought our home, and we just discovered asbestos tiles under the basement carpet. Unfortunately, this was not reported by our home inspector. We regard his oversight ...

Q. How do you feel about asbestos – leave it alone or get rid of it? Our basement has vinyl asbestos floor tile and pipe insulation with asbestos. Both are in good condition. A. How do I feel? I think ...

Q: We just purchased a 1920s colonial style home and are now renovating it. In the basement, we removed the carpet and discovered tiles that we fear may contain asbestos. A few were cracked, and most ...

I read a flooring article recently that I’d like your thoughts on. It was entitled “Flooring choices each have different advantages” and contained quotes from some flooring store owners. One quote ...

It’s time to catch up with some questions from readers. QUESTION: I have discovered what appears to be older asbestos vinyl floor tiles in some of my closets. The main floors appear carpeted over a ...

Can anyone recommend someone good, reliable and reasonable to remove old asbestos tiles in a basement, and maybe also pour a new concrete floor? Thanks.

The asbestos had remained harmlessly compressed into the tile lining ASU's Memorial Union basement floor for decades. But, in one day in August 2006, workers ripped out more than 5,000 square feet of ...