Dear Jerry: Thanks so much for all of your informative columns over the years. Many years ago — possibly 20 or more — I read with interest a column concerning replacing old asbestos siding with modern ...

Question: We recently made a purchase offer on a 60-year old house. When we received the “Form 17” property disclosure statement from the listing agent, we discovered that the house has “asbestos ...

Asbestos-cement siding was installed on homes for over a century. This means that countless homes did—and still do—have asbestos-cement siding shingles. Does this mean that it needs to be immediately ...

Question: We are considering buying an old house, and we have discovered that it has asbestos siding that had been painted. We’ve heard a lot of horror stories about the health hazards of asbestos. Is ...