Q. My home has textured ceilings in the living room and bedrooms, and the material has tested positive for asbestos. A home inspector I know says he removed his asbestos ceilings by himself and that ...

Q: The house we’re buying was built in 1974. Our home inspector did a thorough job, but he missed one thing. He never mentioned possible asbestos in the textured ceilings. Shouldn’t he have said ...

QDEAR BARRY: Our house has what are commonly called "cottage cheese ceilings." When we bought it, nobody mentioned that this material could contain asbestos. Shouldn't somebody have disclosed this, ...

Q: According to my home inspector, the popcorn ceilings in the home I’m buying have about 3 percent asbestos. He said this is not a problem, but I’m concerned. Now I realize that I’ve been exposed to ...

Q: Our home was built in 1970 and has a textured ceiling and paneled walls in the living room. We started to remove the paneling, which caused some of the ceiling texture to be scraped off. It then ...

Few things date your home more than ugly popcorn ceilings, also called stucco ceilings, but more accurately referred to as acoustic ceilings. Popcorn ceilings are bumpy with sprayed or painted on ...