Sampling for one project
If you are redoing a kitchen, the inspector samples the flooring, the walls being opened and the ceiling over them. Rooms outside the work area wait until the plan grows to include them.
Asbestos Testing and Inspections in Eden Prairie
Typical cost in Eden Prairie
- Testing a few materials, up to about 4 samples$300 – $600+
- Asbestos survey before a remodel, one house$400 – $1,000+
- Asbestos survey before tearing down a house$800 – $2,000+
- Survey of a small commercial or apartment building$1,500 – $4,000+
Before a wall comes open, a floor comes up or a ceiling gets scraped, it helps to know what the material contains. We arrange for an MDH-certified asbestos inspector to take the samples, an accredited lab analyzes them, and your report gives a separate result for every material.
Remodels, re-siding jobs and teardowns in Eden Prairie, Shorewood and Chanhassen all go better with a test first, whether the building is a house, a townhome or something larger.
Ways to test
Full inspection before a teardown
A teardown survey is never limited to a few rooms. MPCA says an MDH-certified asbestos inspector must check a structure before it is demolished, so the inspection takes in each room, the exterior walls and the roof.
How the lab reports
Each sample appears on its own line of the report, analyzed by a lab with NVLAP accreditation or a place in the AIHA bulk asbestos program. Under Minnesota law, more than 1 percent asbestos is enough to make a material asbestos-containing.
Homes built after October 1988
More than 4 in 10 homes in Eden Prairie were built in 1990 or later. If yours postdates October 1988, ask whether the architect or contractor left a letter confirming no asbestos was used, since MDH accepts one instead of an inspection. Look for it before you book any samples.
When an inspection is required
Minnesota does not require a survey ahead of every home remodel, but a few situations do call for one, and each is described below.
Remodelers with a crew
If asbestos may be present, a company has to have a qualified person survey the work area before its employees begin any demolition, remodeling or restoration. It also has to keep written proof that the survey happened.
Commercial and public buildings
A separate rule covers public and commercial property. Before anyone renovates or tears down such a building, new or decades old, it has to be inspected for asbestos.
Teardowns in Hennepin County
A teardown in Eden Prairie begins with an asbestos survey, because the Hennepin County inspectors who review demolitions ask to see copies of it and its report.
Positive result on a ceiling? See popcorn ceiling removal or the home page.
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