First Problem - Asbestos Tiles

The house was built in the day when Asbestos was all the rage and every square inch of flooring in the house is tiles. This is what they look like:


Before escrow closed I was able to get into the property and collect a sample of tile, which I sent off with a nominal $30 fee to this website.

They informed me that the tiles were made up of 15% asbestos. I found that as soon as something is said to contain asbestos it tends to terrify people, but after a lot of research on the subject I decided that asbestos isn't as scary as its made out to be. I looked into removing it myself, which requires a mask with an appropriate filter and overalls and to make sure you wet the area thoroughly to prevent loose fibers getting released into the air. There is a local dump in my area which takes 150lbs of asbestos per household per month for free and disposes of it, all that is required is that you use special bags to bag it up, which they also provide for free. In addition I looked into professional removal, which turned out to be not too expensive $1,000 for the whole house. Considering it is a lot of work and may be a risk to my health I have chosen to have the professionals remove it.