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[quote=Anonymous]Hey great research.  I also have 1-2% crysotile asbestos content in our Lathe and Plaster walls.  They were covered with drywall i assume in 60's or 70's.  Not sure.  THey dropped all ceilings a foot to save heating costs and cover up the deteriorating walls.

I tested a whole bunch of materials in the house. I assumed the 8 x 8 tile was asbestos so we didnt bother testing.

When I bought the home we demoed the entire first floor down to the stud.  I Bagged it all up in 2ply 6mil bags and labeled it, hauled it to a dump authorized for disposal.

We created as best we could a negative pressure space by sealing the space.  I rented an air scrubber for $150 a week to constantly blow air out of the space.  The scrubber had a hepa filter.  I used a small shop vac with hepa bags and filter as well.

We wet the material at first.  but gave up on that after a while.  For personal protection we wore eye pro and P100 hepa masks.  Not the cheap kind as you mentioned.

We took some protections, but could've done better.  I felt that since it was a one time thing, get it done, and move one.

We moved in a week later, and have been living in here since April 1.  That's now, 7 months. We've been working on the house a lot, but still down to the studs in Living room and Kitchen.  There is some exposed plaster but its not agitated, except the small pieces that breakaway from time to time from vibrations.

We do our best to vacuum and dust often.  I run a large Hepa air filter all the time downstairs.  Its probably undersized for the volume, but again better than nothing.  We had windows open all summer.

Now were butting down for winter, which will be cold in here!!  I got to thinking about the hidden dangers in our walls.

I was happy relieved to see you talk about Crysotile Asbestos not being as much of concern as the Amphibole Asbsestos.

It still makes me nervous to be living in this house as we work on it.[/quote]

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