You don’t want your acoustic asbestos ceiling any more because it collects dust and cobwebs and is difficult to clean and it loses its color with age. So what do you do with it? Remove it all? That’s the solution – remove the whole asbestos ceiling. You need to get rid of it al in one fell swoop.
Before you remove that terrible old ceiling, just make sure whether or not it has asbestos in it. The ceilings of houses that date back to about 1950, in fact most houses built before1970 may have asbestos, a type of fibrous substance that is known to be a contaminant that causes cancer and other disorders that are related to the lungs.
It is not an easy task to determine whether your ceiling contains any asbestos by just taking a look at it. In order to be sure about the content of asbestos in your ceiling it is very important to make an asbestos check and decide on the removal of acoustic asbestos ceilings. If the asbestos tests are negative, it is still worth it to take precautions in the removal of the acoustic asbestos ceiling.
The wearing of a respirator is very essential. Asbestos is easily airborne and the inhalation of these fibers could enter the lungs and that may cause damage and even cancer sometimes.
Wear eye protection even though most of the diseases that are caused by asbestos are due to inhalation of the fiber, nevertheless the exposure of the eyes or the skin to the asbestos fibers may be harmful and cause unpleasant effects. Asbestos warts are one of the diseases that are asbestos related and are caused when the skin is exposed to the mineral. Make sure to inform everyone at home about the removal of the asbestos ceiling, as this will help him or her maintain their distance and have minimum exposure to the risks that are related to asbestos. After you have ensured the safety of your family, consider the actual steps that are involved in the removal of the acoustic asbestos ceiling.
The removal of the acoustic asbestos ceiling is a very delicate process. It is best to leave the procedure to a licensed contractor to ensure its safe removal as this will require expertise and the ceiling’s surface must be made wet prior to removal. The ceiling is made wet before removal so the fibers in the asbestos sheets do not become hazardous by becoming airborne. Asbestos fibers are actually 1,200 times tinier then human hair, so it is difficult to see if the fibers are present in the air or not. So wetting of the ceiling is usually done as a health precaution before the ceiling is removed.
As the surface of the ceiling would be made wet, you must protect the furniture and the floors of your house. Remove all furniture and make sure to use plastic to cover everything and the floors before you remove the ceiling. Just a bit of caution and the removal of your ceiling could be done with minimum risk.
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The chemicals in the plastics (just like the new car smell) will off-gas for a while. Even the foam underlayment for the for the floors will off-gas. Open the windows if possible and exchange the air more frequently. As far as the ceiling tiles, they probably shed more dust just being up on the ceiling than what you have 1 month after their removal. Make sure you are using electrostatic filters on your furnace/ air conditioning unit to trap as much particulate out of the air but the most important is to have plenty of air exchange.
You open a whole can of worms if you have asbestos testing in your home and it turns up positive…. especially if you ever want to sell your home because you have to disclose that information at the time of sale if you were made aware of it or you could be held liable for all the costs for removal. (Or you just scare away most potential buyers.) The real source of any asbestos in your home could be the wall boards and then you are stuck with a hazmat bill to remove all the walls from your entire home. Many of the early drywall gypsum boards had asbestos. When a company comes into your home to test for Asbestos, they will look for ALL potential causes and disclose them or they face a large liability problem. Under a painted wall they pose no risk. If you discover they contain it then YOU are responsible for its removal and storage in a hazmat land fill….. so I guess you have to be cautious what you ask for . You may get a lot more than you bargained for.
There is a virus going around as well that leaves the person with a persistant cough for more than 1 month. Perhaps your symptoms are coincidental with the home renovations. Asbestos dust inhalation is usually does not produce symptoms until many years of exposure has occurred or you work in a foundry or brake shop and have constant high level exposure.
One additional comment: Hire a company to come in and clean your air ducts if you have forced air/ central air conditioning. Just because a company lays out plastic to catch what falls on the ground, a lot of the plaster dust from sanding will get deposited into your heating ducts because you are circulating air. When the A/C comes back on, it will lift some of this off of the inner duct surfaces and re-suspend in the air to drop out on your furniture and sills. This can go on for months after the job was completed. Having a thorough cleaning of the ductwork may go a long way in settling down the particulate problem.
I did it in two bedrooms – one 10 x 15 and the other 12 x 23. Not as bad as you would think. We didn't know to wet it at the time, just used a metal trowel and scraped it off. Left kind of a mottled appearance to the ceiling, so I used a textured paint (basically sand in the paint, mixed wall color with white and put it up) to paint the ceiling. No repair work, no asbestos, no hidden damage. We knew the builder used it because it was cheaper, but it really dated the home.
Glad we did it, and it DID help with resale when the time came a year later. Everyone that was looking in our neighborhood immediately noticed the difference.
Looked awesome, did it in less than 2 days. As long as you have the attitude "anything is better than what's here now", then maybe you can live with the "textured" paint look too. Who says a ceiling has to be perfectly smooth? As long as I don't scrape my hand up when changing a light bulb, that's good enough for me!
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The safest way would be to enlist the services of a professional. You would be keeping your family from risk and ensuring that the hazardous waste is disposed of properly. Not only should you be concerned with getting the stuff out of the house safely but what about after that the garbage men, neighborhood kids, landfill workers, wildlife around the landfill, landfill run off and those who may have to live around the landfill for budget reason.
I am not sure if you have 2' x 2' or 2' x 4' asbestos ceiling tiles in a drop ceiling or 1' x 1' interlocking tiles or glued in place ceiling tiles or a sprayed on asbestos coating.
The cheapest way to keep your family safe would be to encapsulate the problem areas and just leave it alone.
Paint over the encapsulated area or install another lower ceiling if you don't like the texture.
You are at the most risk from asbestos when it is disturbed so my advice would be to seal it and cover it.
If you want to remove it yourself to save some money dispose of it properly and legally
Good luck. You have already put effort forth to test it and do some research. I know you will be smart and safe about it. You are just looking for ways to make it easier on the budget.
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Make sure that you know WHEN the coating was applied … if it was 1980 as you stated, you are fine.
This ceiling has NO Abestos in it … so it is definitely safe for a homeowner to remove themselves (and yes, I am doing just that — I truly HATE Popcorn coating on the ceilings).
The Removal can either be easy or complicated … but a Lot of it involves CAREFUL Scraping of the coating off the ceiling and plenty of time on a ladder.
MY Popcorn coated ceiling … well, it NEVER was painted nor primed .. just the popcorn coating applied over the panels and the taping … so the way to remove it was as follows:
1. I filled an EMPTY Spray bottle (from window cleaner) with Tap Water. With the Wide Blade Scraper I purchased (I recommend a minimum of 6" blade — in fact, purchase the wallpaper scrapers) I got up in the ladder, and sprayed the ceiling with the water (squirting about a 2*2 block at a time — about reaching distance). When this coating is wet, it is more apt to come off cleanly. I picked up a roller paint tray, held it in my weaker hand, and scraped with the strong hand, with the paint tray underneath.
The beauty of this method is that MOST of the coating came off in clumps, falling directly into the tray that I held under where I was scraping, and NOT in dust (IF I never spritzed the surface in the first place). For me, with my asthma, this was a GREAT way to counteract the dusting (if you scrape it dry) and NOT have problems breathing.
YOU need to take a break every 15 mins or so .. the Tray that is catching the mess gets VERY HEAVY very fast … and I mean it. I dumped it into a lined trash can, and every about 3 to 4 trays that I dumped, I bound that bag and put it outside in my Big Garbage Bin.
AFTER you remove the coating, then you will need to FIRST sand the surface as smooth as possible .. and look for imperfections (like where the contractor sloppily painted a bit over the joint — that is much harder to scrape), then you need to start feather-coating the dings and dents where you had to scrape a bit harder (there are always imperfections … just have to do this). Between the Feather Coats of the patching plaster, sand once again. Keep doing these Feather Coats until to your naked eye it looks seamless and flat.
AFTER that .. I used a very light paint (Eggshell/Satin paint is what I use) and paint roller on an extension pole (semi-smooth) in order to prime the surface. Then 2 additional coats after the prime coat (and I always paint my ceilings a lighter color) and you are finished.
2. IF the popcorn ceiling was painted over, the scraping must also be done .. and it is a MUCH Bigger headache. You can try the spritzing, and yes, it will help with the intial scraping, but BECAUSE someone made this MISTAKE … it is much, much more work (and much dustier). You will also have (more than likely) more patching and feathering/sanding to do to make the ceiling flat.
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Only if you can prove that you attempted to pay before the 3 days was up. (A certified letter offering to pay will work just fine.)
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