Hey all, I know that asbestos is a frequent topic around here. I also know the most common advice is "cover it up!" But here's my situation. I recently inherited the family home. The house was built by my great grandfather for my grandparents in the mid 1960s. Great-grandpa was a builder all his life and died of mesothelioma in the late 1970s. So, it's safe to say that the man worked with a lot of asbestos. The flooring in the kitchen and laundry room of the house is clearly sheets, not tiles. I don't know if its technically vinyl or linoleum. Either way, it's there. The seams are in bad shape and have been for a while now. But since inheriting the house after my dad (unexpectedly) died this summer, I now see how bad the flooring really is. In addition to the seams lifting up and even chipping away and various dings and scratches on the floor, there is undoubtedly damage to the subfloor beneath (it's a pier and beam house). My stepmom had evil Yorkies who made it their life's mission to pee everywhere as much as possible. Usually when no one was at home, so the urine had plenty of time to soak through the damaged flooring seams and probably right into the subfloor. That kitchen has smelled of poorly-covered up dog pee for a decade and the dogs have been dead for half that time. So, with potential damage to the subfloor, would it still make the most sense to cover the likely-asbestos floor in plywood and put a new floor on top? Or would it be best to remove the asbestos and subfloor in one fell swoop? I want to do things The Right Way, since for the many years my dad lived in the house after my grandparents retired to the country, things weren't always done The Right Way, they were done The Cheap Way. I don't have unlimited funds of course, but I'll save up to try to do it Right if needed. Thoughts? Opinions?

Sheet Vinyl Flooring. Can I install vinyl flooring in winter? Will the cold cause it to shrink after it's installed? How is the adhesive affected? How long until it 'sets'? FargoND. Below -0- tonite, probably not above 32 for several months. Utility room floor, downstairs, bi-level. I can heat downstairs for a few days to acclimate the vinyl. But I usually turn the heat off all winter. Never drops below 55deg. Will removing the heat cause a problem with the vinyl shrinking or adhesive not holding? Or stretching when weather warms up? Should I wait until summer? Like to park my washer, dryer, freezer.