He's technically known as a steeplejack, a term derived from the steeples on which many of its first practitioners worked. The word dates to at least the 1880s, according to the Oxford English ...

Any structure built before the 80s may contain asbestos and lead paint. "The buildings, which are built before 1978, so there is a chance that a lead particle can go out from them," explained Dr ...

Many of the damaged homes were over 50 years old, some even over 100. Any structure built before the 80s may contain hazardous materials. Chief Justice Roberts temporarily halts discovery in DOGE ...

And while no one will notice, I have the satisfaction of knowing that the siding and trim on our 154-year-old house are well protected from the weather, which is the main reason we paint.

Can you paint vinyl siding? The short answer is yes, thanks to advances in paint. In the past, it wasn’t possible to paint vinyl siding because of the way that vinyl siding expands and contracts ...

I don’t believe anything can remove the blotching now. The good news is that you actually can paint vinyl siding. For the most part, it is like painting any house with a few caveats: You can use ...

They then will remove plaster ceilings, enclose asbestos by adding laminate panels on the walls and remove vinyl asbestos tile from the ... a coat of paint and new flooring in the cafeteria.

It was previously used in products such as paint ... were used as wallboard and siding, as well as put underneath flooring. Asbestos is in many vinyl floor tiles, the adhesives used to install ...

Q: We had aluminum siding removed in late spring 2021 and found most of the wood siding underneath was good. We replaced some and had the house painted. But the paint is already peeling — mostly ...