Recent content by Dean07

Good advice. I've held off on ripping more of the walls off 'till I know what I'm dealing with.

Cool. Yeah, I know I could get somebody to install the whole bathroom. I need a 2nd bathroom anyway so I guess I'll just have to remodel my basement and install a bathroom down there BEFORE I tackle my main-floor bathroom remodel. :)

Is there a test kit for asbestos as well? Thanks for the info.

Hi All, I want to do a bathroom remodel but I only have one bathroom (and due to the layout of my house it would be tough to find a place to put another bathroom besides in the basement). However, the bathroom remodel is pretty much a MUST because our bathroom is a train-wreck, the floor...

My wife thinks I'm being a paranoid freak about this and wants me to just keep on rippin' at this stuff, so I think I'm going to just wear a respirator and minimize the amt of time our kids spend in this hall for the time being. Sound like a safe way to proceed?

I'm new here. I just posted my first "help!" thread and I'm sure it won't be the last. I bought a house built in 1931 (hope to turn it in to my wife and my dream home) and it needs a boatload of work. :)

Hey All, I'm new here and I JUST started working on home improvement stuff (bought a house... built in 1931... needs a lot of work) so I'm a total noob. Anyway, I started ripping off this nasty-looking wood paneling in my house. Underneath is this sort of plaster stuff (honestly not sure...