Taping mud and joint compound
Compound at the seams and corners can test differently from the board behind it. Each gets a sample, and the results decide how much of the wall comes out.
Drywall and Joint Compound Removal in Lakeville
Typical cost in Lakeville
- One wall or a small patch, up to about 100 sq ft of wall$1,150 – $2,800+
- One room of walls, about 300 to 500 sq ft$2,600 – $6,000+
- Several rooms or one floor of walls$7,500 – $20,000+
Finishing a basement, moving a doorway or cutting in a new window means opening walls. MDH lists wallboard, joint compound and spackling compound among home materials that may contain asbestos, so we sample the board and the taping mud first and remove whatever tests positive.
The state draws a line for walls as well. Once a project in a home would disturb more than 6 square feet of friable asbestos material, it becomes regulated work that only an MDH-licensed contractor may take on. We handle walls in Lakeville, Credit River and Farmington.
Wall work we handle
Patches and coatings
Spackling, patches and paints or coatings added over the years are sampled wherever your work will cut through them.
A section for a new opening
When only one opening is planned, we cut out the section the remodel needs inside a sealed work area and leave clean edges for the framer.
Whole rooms
For a gut, every positive wall surface in the room comes off down to the studs before the remodeler starts.
Keeping dust in the work area
Wall removal makes dust, so the setup matters as much as the removal itself.
Sealed and under negative air
Plastic sheeting closes off the room, and a HEPA negative air machine keeps air moving into the work area rather than out of it.
Kept wet
Board and compound stay damp while they are cut and lifted, and the pieces go straight into sealed bags.
Clearance
Before the plastic is removed, we have air samples taken, and their lab report is added to the papers for your job.
We don’t open a wall that hasn’t been sampled, so asbestos testing is the place to start. For ceilings, floors and siding, go back to the home page.
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