Posted by R3! on 4/9/2007, 9:34 am
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I have a feeling those LP albums driven into the wall in that farmhouse are going through exposed asbestos insulating boards. A lot of old houses in MD and VA still have exposed asbestos sheets lining the walls where the gypsum wallboards were torn out and replaced during the height of the asbestos fireproofing craze. A lot of people never bothered to cover the asbestos sheeting with new wallboard because they believed sheetrock or gypsum board burned while the asbestos sheets did not. Some of my family lived in a house like that near Annapolis. All the walls and pipes had been lined, and the attic living area walls were painted asbestos sheets. The cost of cleanup and disposal was insane, it required complete renovation. Once it was reported the houses were condemned and demolished. So long as you don't poke holes in it, it's perfectly safe. But it's soft enough to push your finger through.
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