My house feels contaminated

[Melissa547]

Hi, so I’ve had OCD/hypochondria for a while but all of the sudden it attached onto something new, asbestos. We moved into a 1950 built house 2 years ago and are slowly working on it ourselves. Well before we moved in we torn up our bathroom floor which is directly across a 2 foot hall from my kids bedroom. My husband had to jackhammer it to get it all up and he says there were two floors he had to take up. They tiled over another floor. I just realized 3 days ago that the second floor could have been an asbestos floor. I’ve been crying for 3 days thinking we moved in a 6 month old and 1/12 year old into a house ridden with asbestos dust. We moved in 2-3 weeks later and had painted and stained the floors but didn’t go nuts cleaning since it was pretty clean to begin with. I don’t think I wiped down the windows after the bathroom was done either. My mom and husband both think I’m being crazy and the house is fine and kids are fine. My husband claims the second floor was ceramic like the first but I think he’s just saying that to make me feel better. I cannot get rid of this terrible feeling my kids are going to get sick and that their room still has it all over. I don’t know how to get this out of my head...I’m going to call the doctor but I know I won’t be able to get in for a few weeks. Any advice to get through the the next few weeks without waking up crying everyday?

 

[Teaatime]

If it were me in your situation I would just clean and clean

 

[triceps]

I don't think your husband would lie to you over something so serious to the whole family. And I'm not sure if the doctor can help. I think you'll just have to come to terms that your house is ok and that your husband would never intentionally place the family in danger.

 

[Hal 9000]

I'm not an expert but the form of asbestos that makes floor tiles is much less particulate than that which makes insulation.
The yellow pages (I'm old) will have people who do this for a living and would love to come test your air and your dust.

 

[Teaatime]

Hi, so I’ve had OCD/hypochondria for a while but all of the sudden it attached onto something new, asbestos. We moved into a 1950 built house 2 years ago and are slowly working on it ourselves. Well before we moved in we torn up our bathroom floor which is directly across a 2 foot hall from my kids bedroom. My husband had to jackhammer it to get it all up and he says there were two floors he had to take up. They tiled over another floor. I just realized 3 days ago that the second floor could have been an asbestos floor. I’ve been crying for 3 days thinking we moved in a 6 month old and 1/12 year old into a house ridden with asbestos dust. We moved in 2-3 weeks later and had painted and stained the floors but didn’t go nuts cleaning since it was pretty clean to begin with. I don’t think I wiped down the windows after the bathroom was done either. My mom and husband both think I’m being crazy and the house is fine and kids are fine. My husband claims the second floor was ceramic like the first but I think he’s just saying that to make me feel better. I cannot get rid of this terrible feeling my kids are going to get sick and that their room still has it all over. I don’t know how to get this out of my head...I’m going to call the doctor but I know I won’t be able to get in for a few weeks. Any advice to get through the the next few weeks without waking up crying everyday?

Any update? How are you feeling now?