Does this include replacement of the subfloor?
Expensive in time and money, but if you can get the asbestos out, particularly where there is a fan, I'd do it.
I think you’d have to disclose it if the home was sold.
I simply don't have the money to do asbestos mitigation. I barely have enough to pay for the bathroom remodel/fix to begin with. So if they can't figure out a way to do with without going through the ceiling/roof, I will have to be okay with not having one. I've gone this long, what's another 50 years.
I don't remember being told anything about asbestos when I bought the house 11 years ago. I am sure different states have different requirements.
They might not have known either, I think you only have to disclose what you know.
Maybe. We don't technically know for sure, but are assuming it is based on age of the house (built in 1953) and the look of it. We could have sent a sample out for testing but that would have delayed them starting and since there is a very slim chance that it isn't, it just wasn't worth the expense.
The owner may very well have not known about it, but your home inspection should have caught it. However, after watching too many episode of "Holmes Makes it Right" a lot of home inspectors aren't very good
I have the report he gave me somewhere. I should pull it out and see if it says anything about the insulation.
He looked in the attic as part of his inspection. I found the report and he only mentioned that it was blown in insulation and it "passed." Without testing he would not know for sure if it contain asbestos.
See post 84, it was in the insulation above the ceiling, not in the ceiling and inspectors are supposed to go into the attic and look for things like that and roof leaks. At least they do on all the home inspection shows.
My parents home had a similar attic, the buyers inspector found it, and we had to pay for the removal.
