Walls and ceilings
MDH lists plaster and the joint compound on drywall seams. Before a wall is opened for new plumbing, wiring or a different floor plan, we have each layer sampled on its own.
Remodel and Demolition Abatement in St. Louis Park
Typical cost in St. Louis Park
- Abatement for one kitchen or bathroom remodel$1,900 – $5,500+
- Abatement of a whole house before tear-down$9,500 – $28,500+
Every remodel opens something up. A wall comes out, a bath gets gutted, or the whole house is torn down, and with it go plaster, joint compound, glazing, siding or roofing that may contain asbestos. Before a building is renovated or demolished, Minnesota rules require the asbestos to come out first, homes included. That is the part we do, so the carpenters and wreckers who follow work on clean surfaces.
Remodel and teardown abatement is available across St. Louis Park, Golden Valley and Robbinsdale.
Abatement by project
Exterior materials
MDH says siding and roofing in good shape are best left alone. When your project will disturb them, or the glazing on old windows, we remove only those parts.
Teardowns
For a teardown, the removal has to be finished no later than two days before the building comes down. Leave some behind in the part being razed, and every piece of debris from it becomes asbestos waste.
Apartments and commercial buildings
A second agency gets involved with bigger buildings. With a commercial building, or an apartment building of five or more units, MPCA wants notice ten working days before any regulated asbestos is disturbed. A house of up to four units sits outside that rule except in three cases. Those are a house converted from another use, a group of houses that one owner is razing, and a highway, commercial development or urban renewal project. We confirm which side of the line your building falls on before we set a start date.
St. Louis Park and Hennepin County paperwork
The city’s demolition permit application has an MPCA requirements box. It asks you to confirm that MPCA’s pre-demolition environmental checklist is done and that MPCA’s demolition and renovation notification has been sent.
County inspection
Before a home or commercial property in the county comes down, a Hennepin County inspector checks it. Have the asbestos survey and report on hand for that visit, along with the abatement receipts and the disposal manifests.
Hiring a contractor
Ask at least two contractors for bids, each with a written work plan. MDH also suggests looking at their Minnesota license and at the certificates for the supervisor and the workers. The MDH permit should be on file before work begins, and the waste manifests and air-sampling lab report should reach you at the end.
Survey still needed? See asbestos testing, or head back to the home page.
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