As some of you may be aware, some homes have been insulated with vermiculite insulation, which potentially contains asbestos. Suppose you are hired by a homeowner to install recessed lighting in a house, and discover that the attic has this type of insulation. How would you handle it? Is the best thing to do just simply inform the customer and walk away from the job due to health risks? Or advise the homeowner to have the material tested at a lab for asbestos before continuing with the project? Does anyone have any experience with this?
if the house is pre 1978, there is also RRP, lead paint abatement requirements.
i'd have the paint tested at the same time. if it has lead, and most things will
if they are pre '78, you have to have a cert from the EPA for that as well.
don't get caught cutting drywall without a test certificate, or a RRP license.
healthy, repeat healthy, fines in this part of the country.
some vermiculite is asbestos free. some contains up to 20% asbestos.
you have to test to see which it is. very little of it is asbestos free.
as a kid, my neighbors used to rototill it into their flower beds as mulch.
they used the cheapest they could find. guess which one that is?
you have to be licensed in california to abate asbestos.
if there is enough work to justify it, i'd have it tested myself.
the last service i used for this would do carry in's for $25 each.
if i have to deal with it, i want my own test, not the word of someone
else's test.