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Asbestos Abatement: What Should I Expect?

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What to Expect During Asbestos Abatement Asbestos is a durable, fire-retardant fiber that was used extensively in a wide variety of construction materials up until the early 1980s. Extensive research found it to be a highly hazardous cause of lung cancer and other grave illnesses. These materials are not dangerous if they are in good…

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Asbestos Safety After A Fire

Fire Damage & Asbestos Safety: What You Need to Know Fires are heartbreaking. Flames, heat, smoke and water destroy not only personal possessions, but often hopes and dreams. It takes only a few minutes for an entire building to be engulfed in flames. While heat is often more life-threatening than the fire – with room…

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Restoration Company Checklist

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What makes a great Denver Restoration Company? After a fire, flood, or other emergency in your home or business, you want and need to get help as quickly as possible. However, it can be overwhelming deciding which professional restoration provider in Denver to choose. You may feel pulled in many directions, with your insurance company…

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Asbestos: Let’s Get the Facts Straight

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Let’s Get the Facts Straight About the Danger of Asbestos Once upon a time, asbestos was viewed as a “miracle mineral.” When you consider all of the ways in which asbestos can be used for construction, insulation, and fire safety, it’s easy to see why people were so taken with it. While extremely useful, though,…

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What You Need to Know About Asbestos Before Purchasing a Home

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What You Need to Know About Asbestos Before Purchasing a Home Buying a home is a huge decision. In order to feel fully safe and secure in your investment, you need to take certain steps to ensure that you’re purchasing a place that’s in good condition. While many buyers are on the lookout for obvious…

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Asbestos: When to Test, When to Relax, and When to Take Action

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Know When to Test, Relax, and Take Action When it Comes to Asbestos While asbestos has a really bad reputation, many Denver homeowners don’t really know that much about the stuff. What is it? How do you know if your home has it? And when should you be worried about it? In order to clear…

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The Facts About Asbestos

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The Facts About Asbestos Asbestos fiber is made from naturally occurring silicate crystals. Its fire resistance and good insulating properties made it a popular building material until late in the 20th century when research pointed to it causing serious health problems.

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Why Remove Old Insulation?

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Why Remove Old Insulation? There are any number of reasons you might want or need to remove old insulation from your attic or other spaces in your home or business. Whatever the reason, Abbotts has state-of-the-art equipment and expertise to remove hazardous old insulation safely and effectively.   Hazards Many insulation materials contain asbestos, which…

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Asbestos News Casts Sobering Shadow

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Asbestos News Casts Sobering Shadow Asbestos exposure will make you sick. Prolonged exposure will kill you. It’s no joke. Consider the rapid and permanent evacuation of Denver’s Overlook apartments. When asbestos was discovered to have been used in the apartments’ construction, officials and the complex owners considered the health risk so grave that they evacuated the…

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Got Asbestos? Here’s What to Expect

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Got Asbestos? Here’s What to Expect Asbestos is a fibrous material that is fire resistant and a good insulator, so it was a popular building material late in the 19th pointed to the substance causing numerous serious health problems. Studies showed that exposure to asbestos significantly increased risks of many cancers, including the horrific mesothelioma. Even brief exposure…

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