In case you missed the last post, there was an EPIC ceiling leak in my son’s bedroom (he took a wonderful video of it that you can watch here: onecraftybitch.com/the-leak/)
Because of the funky style of our house, we have both a flat and shingled roof. FUN FACT: Flat roofs have about a 10 year lifespan and ours is, you guessed it, 10 years old! So we found a local roofer to replace it. It is what it is!
On a shittier note, since we’re having to replace some drywall on the ceiling, we decided this would be a good time to DIY scrape off the popcorn texture in my son’s room. At the urging of my environmental scientist sister, we took a sample of the popcorn and sent it to a lab in Tampa and…drumroll please…we have ASBESTOS! #*@% me! Seriously. We’re in shock. We’re going to have to get all of the ceilings in the entire house abated. Also, since it’s in the ceiling, it’s probably in the vinyl flooring as well. It’s going to cost thousands and thousands of dollars and we just can’t do it right now so we’ve decided to *temporarily* patch it in the tackiest way: a stained blue tarp. So classy.
For anyone concerned with my family’s safety, the asbestos will only hurt us if we disturb it, so until we save up enough money to have the ceilings abated, we just can’t touch it.
PSA: If you also have a home built before 1980, I strongly urge you to get a sample tested before scraping. We were so sure we didn’t have it and we were so, so wrong.
I’m pissed at the house but super thankful to have my sister who has dealt with all this through her work and has calmed me down many, many times. For anyone dealing with asbestos in your home, I strongly urge you to get a sister who’s an environmental scientist…just sayin.
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