About AsbestosHQ

AsbestosHQ is a reference site about asbestos in buildings: what the materials look like, how testing works, what the rules require, and what the work costs.

It publishes guides on asbestos in residential and small commercial property, written by Mark Taylor, whose name appears on every one.

Who this is for

Homeowners, buyers, and renovators facing a specific and unglamorous question: is this material asbestos, and what am I supposed to do about it? A popcorn ceiling in a house built in 1974. Nine inch floor tiles under carpet. Loose pellets in an attic.

The guides assume you are making a decision with real money attached, and they give you enough of the underlying rules to tell a reasonable quote from an unreasonable one.

Where the information comes from

Federal primary sources. Every outbound source citation in the guides points at a United States government page: the EPA, OSHA, the CDC, the CPSC, ATSDR, and NIST.

Where a rule is state specific, the guide says so. Notification thresholds, who may lawfully remove material, and where waste can go are set by state and local programs.

What AsbestosHQ does not do

No sample testing and no laboratory. No abatement work. No contractor referrals and no passing of reader details to anyone. No legal advice and no medical advice.

It also cannot assess your property. No guide here, and no email reply, is an inspection. Asbestos is confirmed by an accredited laboratory analyzing a sample collected by an accredited person.

How the guides are made

How topics are chosen, how drafts are written and reviewed, and the sourcing standard every claim has to meet are set out on the editorial policy page. If you want to judge whether to trust these guides, read that one.

Contact

Errors, missing sources, and corrections: Asbestos@use.startmail.com. What does and does not work by email is covered on the contact page.