If you know anything at all about pipe insulation, you know that it goes a long way toward preventing frozen pipes. That's true: Pipe insulation keeps the water in your plumbing system from turning to ...

Q. My home was built in 1926 and has asbestos insulation on all the hot water pipes under the building. Fortunately, all of this asbestos has been wrapped. When I first learned about it, I was ...

The Flatiron steam pipe explosion that sent debris and asbestos spewing from the ground has officials taking no chances. Con Edison says much of its 104-mile network of steam pipes is coated with ...

Q: I live in a 35-year-old house that has forced-air furnace pipes covered with asbestos. There are no breaks in the asbestos, but I wonder whether I could cover them (wearing a mask) with duct tape.

SAN ANTONIO - Asbestos-containing pipes remain in widespread use throughout San Antonio, raising health concerns due to asbestos's known link to cancer when inhaled into the lungs. While the safety of ...

— A Parchment resident claims a city official lied to him about the presence of asbestos-covered piping at the shuttered paper mill next to his property on Sanford Street. David Schafer said he has ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Classes are canceled at two more Philadelphia schools due to asbestos concerns. The School District of Philadelphia has closed Carnell Elementary School in Oxford Circle and ...

I was under the impression that the owner of a single family home is allowed to remove a certain amount of asbestos pipe insulation, like 25′. I can’t find anything at nyc.gov to confirm or deny.

Q:I just found out that my 1943 house has insulation in the walls - I'm assuming it's asbestos. I can't afford to tear out my walls. What can I do? Are the cancerous fibers getting into the air ...

NEW YORK — Authorities detected asbestos in steam pouring from the pipe that ruptured in Manhattan’s Flatiron district Thursday, raising concerns about a substance that can cause severe health ...

The Flatiron steam pipe explosion that sent debris and asbestos spewing from the ground has officials taking no chances. Con Edison says much of its 104-mile network of steam pipes is coated with ...