Asbestos carpet adhesive on plywood subfloor
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Hi all. Any recommendations on how to deal with asbestos carpet adhesive residue stuck to a plywood subfloor after the carpet was removed? Is there a way to clean it off or should the subfloor be replaced? The plywood is in good shape so I’d hate to have to replace it. Trying to avoid a professional remediation costing thousands.
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Was the asbestos identified with a laboratory test or did someone say look and guess?
Seems to me you have two choices.
1 Pay to have the asbestos removed and move on.
2 Encapsulate the asbestos and disclose its presents when you sell the house and deal with a lower sales price.
Walta