Example Asbestos Removal Projects in Richardson

Scope of work

A walk through every room, the garage and the attic, 18 small samples, a lab report that names each material, its result and about how much there is, a floor plan with the positive areas marked and a call with all three owners. Removal is a separate price.

Project overview

In this example, three siblings inherit a 1960s brick house in Richardson and cannot agree on whether to renovate it or sell it. They order a whole-house survey so that all three are working from the same facts.

The report finds asbestos in the den and hall ceiling texture and in the glue under the kitchen tile, and nothing in the bedroom ceilings, the wall joint compound or the garage. A removal figure for the two positive materials goes next to the sale and renovation numbers, and the siblings decide with the report in hand.

The goal

The goal is one written picture of the house that all three owners can decide from.

Process

1. Visit All rooms, the garage and the attic checked and 18 samples taken.
2. Results A report and a floor plan marking the positive areas.
3. Call The findings gone through with all three owners.
4. Then A removal figure given for the two positive materials.

Planning right

• Send the report to everyone who has a say. One shared report prevents three different stories.
• Ask for quantities as well as results, so a removal figure can be worked out.
• Sample the attic and the garage too.
• Keep the report with the house papers. A buyer will ask for it.

Scope of work

Lab samples from every space, plastic over the floor and walls of the space in use, fans and light fixtures taken down, filtered air running, the texture soaked and scraped into sealed bags, a HEPA clean of each space and the haul. The skim coat, the crown molding and the paint are on other bids.

Project overview

In this example, the owners of a 1970s house in Garland want crown molding in the three bedrooms and the hall. Molding sits best on a flat ceiling, so they decide to smooth the ceilings first and have the texture tested.

The texture is positive in all four spaces. Each space is emptied of its fan and fixtures, sealed with plastic and scraped wet in turn, and the painter and the carpenter start when the last space is clean.

The goal

The goal is four bare ceilings, flat enough for a skim coat, paint and crown molding.

Process

1. Before work Texture sampled in all four spaces; fans and fixtures taken down.
2. Bedrooms One at a time: sealed, texture soaked and scraped, bagged.
3. Hall The same setup, then a HEPA clean of every space.
4. Then Skim coat and paint, then the carpenter fits the crown molding.

Planning right

• Plan the order with the carpenter: smooth ceilings first, molding last.
• Take the ceiling fans down before the plastic goes up and have them rehung once the paint is dry.
• A positive bedroom does not clear the next one, so each room gets its own sample.
• Ask the painter what surface the crew should leave behind.

Scope of work

Samples of the tile and the glue, plastic over the doorways and the cabinets, an air filter running, the tile lifted wet, the black glue scraped off the slab wet as far as it comes, sealed bags, two HEPA cleans and the haul. The crew tells the finisher what the lab found and what is left on the concrete. The stain, the seal and any grinding are on the finisher’s bid.

Project overview

In this example, the owners of a 1960s house in Richardson want stained concrete in the kitchen and the breakfast room. The slab is under old tile. A lab test of the tile and the black glue under it finds both positive.

The tile comes up wet and the glue is scraped off the slab as far as it will come, with the edges along the cabinets done by hand. The crew tells the finisher what was found and what is left on the concrete, because that decides whether the slab can be ground, sealed over or covered.

The goal

The goal is a bare slab through both rooms with the tile and glue removed, so the finisher can take it from there.

Process

1. Before work Tile and glue sampled apart; the rooms emptied.
2. Setup Doorways and cabinets covered; an air filter switched on.
3. Removal Tile lifted wet; glue scraped off the slab; the edges by hand.
4. Handover Two HEPA cleans; the finisher told what is left on the slab.

Planning right

• Tell the concrete finisher about the glue before the first estimate. Grinding concrete with glue still on it makes dust the finisher should not be making.
• Ask the crew to write down what is left on the slab after the scraping.
• A stained slab shows every mark. Settle the look you want before any removal.
• Keep the breakfast room door closed and the nearest air register taped.

Scope of work

The old computer room sealed in plastic with negative air, the raised panels lifted out and stacked, the tile on the slab taken up wet, the glue scraped off wet, labeled bags, waste records, a HEPA clean and the air test. The survey is a separate bill, and the state fee goes to the owner afterwards.

Project overview

In this example, a company leases a ground-floor suite in a 1970s office building in Richardson and wants to turn an old computer room and the offices around it into one open office. A commercial interior remodel permit needs verification that a survey was done, so the suite is surveyed first.

The vinyl tile and black glue on the slab under the raised floor panels are positive. The panel covering, the ceiling tile, the wall board and the office carpet are clear. The state notice goes in 10 working days ahead, the panels come up and the slab is cleared inside plastic with negative air, and the tenant’s contractor starts after the air test.

The goal

The goal is a clean, bare slab through the old computer room, cleared by the air test, ready for the open-office build-out.

Process

1. Survey Floors, the space under the panels, ceiling tile and walls sampled; the report sent to the owner and the tenant.
2. Permit Survey verification included with the permit submittal; the state notice filed.
3. Removal Panels lifted out, tile lifted wet, glue scraped off the slab.
4. Handover HEPA clean and air test, then the build-out begins.

Planning right

• Sample under the raised floor as well as the panels. The old floor under them is a separate material.
• Ask the landlord whether an earlier survey of the building exists.
• Put the 10 working days of notice into the move-in plan.
• Do not start the new floor before the air test result is back.

Scope of work

One visit to the unit, 9 small samples from ceilings, walls and floors, a lab report with each result marked on a floor plan, and a copy for the owner and the association. Removal, if the owner wants it done before the remodel, is priced separately.

Project overview

In this example, the owner of a first-floor unit in a 1970s condominium building in Richardson plans a new kitchen and bath. The building has ten units, so Texas treats it as a facility and a survey comes before the renovation. The association asks for the report before it approves the work.

Nine samples go to the lab. The ceiling texture in the living room and hall is positive, and the kitchen and bath floors and walls are clear. The owner sends the report to the association and asks for a removal quote for the two ceilings, since the work shares air and ceilings with the unit above.

The goal

The goal is a floor plan showing what the unit holds, so the association can approve the work and the owner can price it.

Process

1. Agreement The owner and the association agree who orders the survey and who signs off.
2. Visit The unit walked; nine samples taken.
3. Results A report with each result on a floor plan, sent to both.
4. Then A removal quote for the positive ceilings.

Planning right

• Settle early who orders the survey and who signs off. A condo has an owner for the unit and an association for the rest.
• Ask the association what its rules say about work hours and about carrying debris through shared halls.
• Sample the ceiling as well as the kitchen and bath, if the remodel will cut into it for new lights.
• Keep the report with the unit’s papers. The next owner will ask for it.

Scope of work

Plastic and filtered air in the rooms and the crawl space, the pipe wrap cut off wet and bagged, the skim coat scraped off the plaster wet, the sheet vinyl and glue lifted wet, sealed bags, disposal records and a HEPA clean before the demolition crew comes. The survey and the demolition are billed separately.

Project overview

In this example, the owners of a 1930s house in University Park plan to replace it with a larger new one. The survey covers the rooms, the crawl space and the attic. Wrapped hot-water pipes in the crawl space, a textured skim coat on the plaster walls of two rooms, and the sheet vinyl and glue in the kitchen and a bath are positive. The plaster itself and the roof are clear.

One private house needs no state notice, but the removal still comes before the demolition, because a teardown crushes everything it touches. The pipe wrap comes out of the crawl space first, then the two rooms and the floors, and the demolition crew starts after the last clean.

The goal

The goal is a house with its positive materials out and the records on file, so the demolition crew starts on a cleared site.

Process

1. Survey Rooms, crawl space and attic sampled; a report listing each material and where it is.
2. Plan Crawl space first, then the two plaster rooms, then the kitchen and bath floors.
3. Removal Pipe wrap cut off wet, skim coat scraped wet, vinyl and glue lifted wet.
4. Handover Disposal records and a HEPA clean, then the demolition crew.

Planning right

• Ask for the crawl space to be sampled. Wrapped pipes under a house are easy to miss.
• Sample a skim coat apart from the plaster under it. Here the plaster was clear and the skim coat was not.
• Do not let the demolition contractor start before the final clean.
• Tell the neighbors before work starts.