Old houses have cast iron pipers that will disintegrate (because of age and/or foundation shift).

That—on top of my insurance quotes being higher than I had estimated—quickly disintegrated what little cashflow I had expected.

The older plumbing can just disintegrate in your hands at the slightest touch.

Was made from particle board which disintegrates when in prolonged conflict with water.

The color pink was very annoying, but because it's made of cardboard, not waterproofed, it will disintegrate at the first rainstorm, creating a holy mess in the area.I found out later it's a $50.00 fine per sign, and based on the $13,000 penalty the guy was complaining about, he must have hung 260 signs in the neighborhood, and if all of them will get messed up in a rainstorm, it would create a major health hazard.The other issue that got me annoyed was it's a "we buy cars" advertising, is I had a "tire and car care business", he placed one of the signs on the pole in front of my business knowing I also sell used cars.

Remember asbestos is only dangerous if it gets into the air,  so unless the tiles are seriously damaged/disintegrating then I would just lay the floating floor on top and call it a day.

We ended up with foundation issues, disintegrated cast iron, aluminum wiring that needed to be replaced with copper wiring, blowing insulation into the attic, sheetrock repair.

Underpinning disintegrating as the floor is jack hammered up.

This can be caused by the old anode rods disintegrating and rusting on the inside bottom of the tank.

Same for kitchens...cheap particle board cabinets will disintegrate the first time they get wet.