WB Asbestos Overview

It appears that concerns about asbestos in the basement were first raised in or before February 2023 and were last explicitly mentioned in basement meeting notes May 2023. Meeting notes mention discussion on self-collecting air samples and sending them to labs to be tested, but it's unclear if this was ever actually completed.

In March 2023 a number of lab were contacted for quotes. The quoted prices ranged from $650 to $2000.

Around that time  Renewal with Grace, Inc visited the basement and their assessment was summarized as such

We can have the asbestos removed if we want, more for mental health - he seemed unconcerned about it being actually unhealthy. He said if we ran an air quality test right now, it will be negative.

It appears this assuaged concern about asbestos until February 2nd 2025 when the following was reported in the woodbine.basement chat

hi so the asbestos insulation on the pipe near the soldering station is becoming friable

i blew on it and a strand came loose

i dont hav reason to believe it's gotten all over the place yet but it's gotten to the point that we need to act

i know a guy who knows an abatement guy who i will talk to tomorrow

this same person contacted Patrick Hogan of Leinster Contracting Services on February 6th 2025

Hogan visited the basement on March 17th 2025 and quoted $4500 for abatement.

asbestos guy came and pointed out all the places where it is incl some places i didnt know about

gave us a quote of $4500 for abating the whole basement

he said that the last abatement wasn't handled great. he said it's crumbling even when it's not being disturbed, and bits of it must be on the ground and getting kicked up into the air. [...] he said the situation seemed so visibly problematic that he didn't even feel it would be necessary to run further air quality tests