You are perfectly capable of turning this situation around, dear hermit you are clever to a wonderful degree . And now you will go home and feed your chickens and I have wondered if you have given your chickens names ..
If that is asbestos you are most definitly doing the right thing, but even if not leaving that unhealthy dust behind is for the best. I hope no one else lives there after you! Be well Mr Frogovich. Pete from the UK.