Example Asbestos Removal Projects in Lakeville

Scope of work

One visit by an MDH-certified inspector, four samples from the wall the installer will cut and the ceiling right above it, a result for each sample from an accredited lab and a short written report. With nothing positive, no removal is needed.

Project overview

In this example, the owners of a mid-1980s house in Lakeville are adding a gas fireplace to their family room. The installer will cut a framed opening into the outside wall and run the vent through it, and asks for a test of the wall and ceiling finishes before any cutting starts.

The house was built before October 1988, so a builder letter is not an option, and four samples settle the question. All four come back with no asbestos, and the fireplace goes in on the date the installer set.

The goal

The goal is a clear answer before the saw comes out, so the fireplace goes in without a delay.

Process

1. First visit Four small cores from the family room wall and ceiling, taken by an MDH-certified inspector at the fireplace spot.
2. At the lab Each sample is analyzed on its own and given a result.
3. A few days later The report lists the four materials, where each came from and what the lab found.
4. Then The owners pass the report to the installer, who starts cutting.

Planning right

• Outline the fireplace opening in pencil so the inspector knows exactly where to cut.
• The report records which materials were sampled and where. Anything else, like the floor, needs its own sample before it is disturbed.
• Keep the report with the house papers.
• Patch the small sample spots, or leave them for the installer to cut out.

Scope of work

Samples of both ceilings and the dividing wall, the MDH notice filed five days ahead, both bedrooms emptied and closed in plastic with a HEPA air machine running, the light fixtures and smoke alarms taken down, the texture misted and scraped into sealed bags, air samples, a HEPA clean and disposal with its manifest. Taking out the wall and finishing the ceiling are the carpenter’s work.

Project overview

In this example, a family with a 1970s split-entry house in Lakeville wants one large bedroom upstairs in place of two small ones. The carpenter will take out the wall between them and patch the ceiling where it stood, and the owners want one smooth ceiling across the new room.

The popcorn texture in both rooms tests positive, and the taping mud on the dividing wall does not. A licensed crew scrapes both ceilings before the wall comes down, so the carpenter starts on bare board.

The goal

The goal is two bare ceilings and a wall ready to come out, so the new bedroom gets one smooth finish.

Process

1. First visit Both ceilings and the dividing wall sampled by an MDH-certified inspector; the rooms measured.
2. Before work Both small bedrooms, closets and all, are packed up and emptied while the MDH notice runs.
3. Day one The two bedrooms become one sealed work area; lights come down and the texture is wetted and scraped.
4. Day two The room is HEPA-vacuumed and air-tested; then the plastic is bagged and taken away.

Planning right

• Empty the closets too, since the plastic runs to the floor in both rooms.
• The wall between the bedrooms comes down only after the air results are back.
• The hall ceiling gets its own sample if the carpenter will work there.
• Air sample results come with the paperwork at the end; keep them on file.

Scope of work

Samples of the tile, the mastic and the other glues in the room, the MDH notice filed five days ahead, the stair and the furnace room door sealed in plastic, the tile worked loose by hand and kept wet, the mastic taken up wet down to bare concrete, a HEPA clean, sealed bags and disposal with its manifest. The carpet haul-off and the gym floor are extra.

Project overview

In this example, the owners of a 1970s rambler in Credit River want a home gym in the basement rec room. The carpet is coming up, and the rubber flooring they picked has to sit flat on bare concrete.

Lifting one corner of the carpet shows old floor tile, and both the tile and the black mastic under it test positive. A licensed crew takes the whole floor down to concrete over two days, and the gym goes in after that.

The goal

The goal is a bare, clean slab in two days, ready for the rubber gym floor.

Process

1. First visit An MDH-certified inspector takes the tile, its mastic and the carpet glue for testing and measures the rec room.
2. Before work The notice goes to MDH, and the carpet stays rolled back, with the tile left alone, until the crew starts.
3. Days one and two Stair and doors sealed, tile lifted, mastic taken up wet, the slab vacuumed and wiped.
4. Then The gym floor goes down on bare concrete.

Planning right

• Leave the tile alone when the carpet comes up; scraping or prying it is what breaks it.
• Ask the gym floor seller how flat the slab needs to be.
• The furnace room stays shut and sealed while the crew works in the rec room.
• Keep the report: it records which floor layers were sampled and where.

Scope of work

Samples of each wall layer, the MDH notice filed five days ahead, a small sealed work area under negative air at each group of openings, the board and mud cut out wet and bagged, a HEPA clean and air samples before each area opens, and disposal with its manifest. The new water lines and the drywall patches are the other trades’ work.

Project overview

In this example, a late-1970s house in Lakeville still has its old water lines, and the owners want them replaced before one fails. The plumber marks about 14 openings in the kitchen, the two bathrooms and the laundry, wherever the old lines run inside the walls.

The drywall and the wall texture test clean, and the taping mud at the seams does not. Because the openings cross seams, a licensed crew cuts every one of them out before the plumber starts.

The goal

The goal is every opening cut and the walls clean, so the plumber can replace the old lines in one pass.

Process

1. First visit Board, mud and texture sampled by an MDH-certified inspector in each room on the plumber’s list.
2. Before work The notice goes to MDH, and the plumber’s marks are checked against the report.
3. Day one Kitchen and laundry openings cut out inside small sealed work areas.
4. Day two Both bathrooms done, air samples taken, and the bags hauled.

Planning right

• Ask the plumber to mark every opening before the crew comes, so none has to be cut later.
• Taping mud can test unlike the board behind it, so each gets its own sample.
• Keep the water on until the plumber’s day; the crew does not touch the pipes.
• The drywall patches go up after the new lines are tested.

Scope of work

Samples of the siding, the paper and the roof, the MDH notice filed five days ahead, plastic laid along the foundation, the shingles misted and taken off by hand in whole pieces, stacked and wrapped in heavy plastic, the ground picked clean and the haul with its manifest. The addition, its roof and the new siding are the builder’s work.

Project overview

In this example, a family with a 1960s rambler in Lakeville is adding a third stall to their attached garage. The builder will open the garage side wall and tie the new roof into the old one, and that wall is covered in cement siding shingles.

The shingles test positive. The paper behind them and the roof shingles do not. A licensed crew takes the whole side wall off in one day, unbroken where the shingles allow, so the framers start on bare sheathing.

The goal

The goal is one bare garage wall with nothing broken on the ground, so the third stall goes up on schedule.

Process

1. First visit Siding, paper and roof sampled by an MDH-certified inspector; the wall and gable measured.
2. Before work Once MDH is notified, the family parks outside and clears the shelves and bikes off the side wall.
3. Work day Plastic down, shingles off by hand, stacked and wrapped on a pallet.
4. Then The ground is picked clean, the wrapped shingles leave with the manifest, and the framers take over.

Planning right

• Clear the side yard and the inside of that wall before the crew comes.
• The rest of the house keeps its siding; only the wall the addition joins comes off.
• If the old roof needs work where the new one ties in, the report shows it was sampled.
• Plan the new siding so it runs across the old garage and the new stall.

Scope of work

Removal of every positive material in the survey: about 80 ft of pipe wrap, about 250 sq ft of kitchen and bathroom flooring and about 1,400 sq ft of cement siding shingles, with the MDH notice, sealed and labeled bags and wrapped shingles, air samples, the manifests and the abatement papers for the demolition permit. The survey and the demolition are not included.

Project overview

In this example, a family in Farmington has built a new house on the same property as their 1920s house and moved in. The old house comes down next, and the city asks for the asbestos testing and abatement to be done, and the papers handed to the building official, before any demolition.

The survey finds wrap on the basement pipes, positive flooring in the kitchen and bathroom, and cement shingles over the old siding. A licensed crew clears all of it while the city reviews the application, and the demolition crew comes at least two days after the last bag leaves.

The goal

The goal is an empty old house with nothing positive left in it and the papers with the building official, so the demolition goes ahead as planned.

Process

1. First visit An MDH-certified inspector walks the whole old house and writes up where each positive material sits and how much there is.
2. Next The demolition application goes in, which the city may hold up to ten business days for a historic review, and the notice goes to MDH.
3. Removal days Pipe wrap, flooring and siding shingles come out over five working days.
4. Last step The survey, abatement records and manifests go to the building official before demolition.

Planning right

• Use the survey to fill in the demolition plan’s question on how contaminants were found and disposed of.
• Keep the survey, abatement records and manifests together for the building official.
• Salvaging old doors or trim before demolition needs its own permit from the city.
• Give the demolition contractor a start date two or more days past the end of abatement.