House was built 1932, US-OH, southern part
Duct goes to bathroom -- I assume that water got into it and degraded the material causing it to flake and fall (might also have been an old fire there but it might also have been the leaking air blowing black dust around which caused the black coloration-- wood isn't charcoal-y)
Knob amd tube is not active anymore -- had that fixed so no need for additional observations with respect that that mess
Regardless, the material seems to have been disturbed and the duct is disconnected (see pic 2).
The tape is probably asbestos? Is the paper wrap as well?
How much to pay someone to just remove the duct entirely and connect a new section to the old section (that is not disturbed). Will people connect new duct to old duct that may be wrapped in asbestos? I dont want to get all of it gone if it's in fine condition (like the remaining section of duct). I'd rather leave it. The section pictured seems to demand action
Is it better to try to remove it? Encapsulate it? Have it scraped off and reuse the duct? I'm cost sensitive because most of my cash went into the DP and full replumb (planned and budgeted for). I have money in the bank, but I'd rather not spend most of my emergency fund
The last pic was of course hidden by a bunch of framing in the basement for shitty little fake rooms that I removed
Is it a fucking crazy idea to wet it outside (since it's already a seperate section of duct I could take it down easily), remove the material, give it a dang good spray down, reattach it, then paint the remainder of the duct with a good paint to encapsulate it?
One more duct system that goes straight up to a T vent to the 2 bedrooms is also wrapped in the brown paper, but it seems to be in fine condition from what I can see (not pictured)
Like how boned am I and what are my options with rough $$$ guesstimate
Thanks