Project update: funny how life throws you curve balls all the time.
I am currently getting quotes to remove vermiculite insulation from my attic as I tried to have a bathroom fan installed.. the job went sideways, too much insulation was disturbed and spilled because the contractor wasn't experienced, the whole thing turned into a gong show fiasco and now I paid $700 to have air samples taken, am having my furnace ducts cleaned, and will probably be paying $5000-$7000 to have the material removed from my attic. Plus I was exposed to this crap during the job because I stepped in to stop work and to clean up from 8 pm until 5:30 am the next morning. Luckily I had a P100 mask on for the bulk of the time.. threw out my clothes, and a lot of other stuff.
So... looking like next fall. Also I need my house safe because my wife and I want to have a child... you know how that goes.
Still having fun on S197! I think this year will be just tying up loose ends - re wiring my 405 fuel pump again with dedicated wires from outside the hat (I don't like the crimp connections in the fuel like they are now,) polishing up the paint and just enjoying the car with 8.5-9 psi. Maybe I'll do the clutch and transmission work.
Didn't you get the home inspected beforehand ? The other thing to look out for is that Poly B plastic pipe ( used to replace hot + cold copper tubing). It's banned too. Buddy had to cough up $4K for his portion for his condo. My daughter had the same Poly B plastic pipe in her last home. Problem is, when she went to sell it, no prospective buyer could get a mortgage. So out it came, and replaced with cu tubing.
Vermiculite was used everywhere. Im sure I had small amounts of it in my 1st home. The new insulation was installed directly over the old V crap..... which was only 1" thick in most places.
The other one to watch for is urea formaldehyde insulation which was pumped into exterior walls in homes in the 60's and early 70's.
10 + 12" square tiles used in kitchen floors back in the 50's also contained asbestos. It's fine as long as you cover it up with new 3/8" sheeting then new lino etc. Then it's sealed in. But if you insist the older asbestos tiles are removed, then the gong show starts, since none of the flooring companies will touch it..... only cover it up.
Loads of 4x8 sheets of asbestos mill board used to surround wood burning stoves etc. We also used it at work to line steel hatch covers..where the cables would pass through from floor to floor in the telco. The steel hatches had to be re-cut every time a bunch of new cables installed, to conform to the shape of the mess of cables. Asbestos mill board was cut with a jig saw to match the steel. A real mess, none of us were wearing any protection, and asbestos dust flying every where, into your eyes and hair etc.
Local hospitals used both Vermiculite and loads of asbestos to insulate boiler rooms, hot water pipes, steam pipes etc. Asbestos was used on drum brakes for years too. As long as asbestos mill board is painted, it's not an issue.
The crap you find in these old homes is amazing. They didn't use Horz re-bar in basement walls back then either (50's)..which is why you end up with vert cracks in em. My 2nd house had aluminum 12 ga wire run every where..another pita.
If you install a bathroom fan, don't mess with any of the 90 cfm types, they are semi useless at best. I replaced both of mine with 310 cfm types, that use a squirrel cage blower. Motor in the middle, with a squirrel cage blower on each end. They can be configured to exhaust either vertical..or Horz. I use vert upstairs...and Horz in the downstairs bathroom. You have to be able to remove steam from a shower, as fast as you generate it.