Example Asbestos Removal Projects in Beaverton

Scope of work

A visit by an accredited inspector, about ten samples from the three rooms, lab results for each layer and a written report. Removing the laundry floor is priced separately.

Project overview

In this example, the owners of a 1980s house in West Linn plan to remodel the kitchen, the laundry and the hall bath, and to do much of the tear-out themselves. Owners who live in a single-unit house may skip the survey for their own work, but DEQ still recommends one, and they want answers before they swing a hammer.

Only the backing of the laundry sheet vinyl tests positive. The owners hire out that one floor and do the rest of the tear-out themselves, knowing the walls, the ceilings and the other floors are clear.

The goal

The goal is a clear list of what the owners can open themselves, with the one positive floor left to a licensed crew.

Process

1. Before the visit The owners list every wall, floor and ceiling they plan to open.
2. Visit About ten samples from the three rooms, each layer labeled.
3. A few days later Lab results and a report with the laundry floor marked positive.
4. Then A licensed crew lifts the laundry floor, and the owners start their own tear-out.

Planning right

• Test before you start cutting, even when no survey is required.
• Owners doing their own work still follow the bagging and landfill rules for any asbestos.
• If the house is rented out later, the owner exemption no longer applies, so keep the report.
• A newer house can still hold an older material in one room.

Scope of work

Samples of each textured area, the friable notice to DEQ, the bedroom, the hall and the bathroom sealed under negative pressure, the texture wetted and scraped into double bags, a HEPA clean and the haul to a DEQ-permitted landfill. The lift track, the ceiling framing and paint are extra.

Project overview

In this example, a family in Beaverton orders a ceiling lift with a track from a bedroom to the bathroom. The installer will open the ceiling along that path to add framing, and the 1970s house has textured ceilings in all three spaces.

The texture tests positive. Only the bedroom, the hall and the bathroom on the track's path are cleared, so the rest of the house stays in use, and the installer works on bare ceilings.

The goal

The goal is bare ceilings along the whole track path, so the installer can open them, add framing and hang the lift.

Process

1. First visit Samples from the three ceilings; the track path drawn on the floor plan.
2. Before work Notice filed; the bedroom emptied and another bedroom set up for the work days.
3. Day one Bedroom and hall sealed, texture soaked and scraped.
4. Day two Bathroom done the same way, final clean, bags hauled.

Planning right

• Get the track path from the installer before testing, so the right ceilings are sampled.
• Set up another bedroom for the family member during the work.
• Ceilings away from the track can stay as they are.
• Keep the heating system off in the sealed rooms.

Scope of work

Samples of the wall system and the surround, the friable notice to DEQ, the bathroom sealed under negative pressure with the hall door closed off, the walls wetted and the board, tape and compound cut out in pieces, labeled double bags, a HEPA clean and the haul. The shower, the backer board and the tile are extra.

Project overview

In this example, the owners of a 1970s house in Lake Oswego want a walk-in shower in place of the hall bath tub, tiled all the way up. The remodeler will strip every wall in the room down to the studs.

The joint compound and the texture test positive, which makes the wall system friable work. The crew seals the bathroom, wets the walls and takes the board out in pieces, and the remodeler starts on bare studs.

The goal

The goal is a bathroom stripped to clean studs, ready for the shower pan, the backer board and the tile.

Process

1. First visit Wall system and surround sampled; the walls measured.
2. Before work Notice filed; the plumber shuts off and caps the bath lines.
3. Day one Room sealed, walls wetted, board and compound cut out and bagged.
4. Day two Studs and floor vacuumed and wiped, plastic folded inward, bags hauled.

Planning right

• Board, tape and joint compound can be tested as one wall system.
• Ask whether the ceiling will be opened too, so it is sampled with the walls.
• Keep the hall door sealed until the final clean is done.
• Plan the plumbing changes for the days the walls are bare.

Scope of work

A test of the tile and its glue, DEQ's nonfriable notice, and plastic over the walls of the empty laundry. The tile is pried up whole while wet, the glue is scraped, and the bags are labeled and hauled after a HEPA clean. The new floor, the drain and the plumbing are extra.

Project overview

In this example, the owners of a 1970s house in Beaverton move the washer and dryer to the garage and turn the old laundry room into a half bath. The plumber will cut the floor for a toilet drain, right through the 12-inch tile.

The tile and its black adhesive both test positive. The tile is intact, so it comes up whole and wet after the five-day notice, and the plumber cuts into a bare floor.

The goal

The goal is a bare floor in the old laundry, so the plumber can cut the drain and the half bath can be finished.

Process

1. First visit Tile and adhesive sampled apart; the floor measured.
2. Before work Notice filed; the washer and dryer moved out and the hookups capped.
3. Work day Plastic up, the tile pried loose in whole squares, the glue scraped, and a HEPA vacuum over the bare floor.
4. Then The plumber cuts the drain, and the new floor goes down.

Planning right

• Move the machines before the crew comes, so the floor is clear.
• Do not cut or drill old tile for a drain before it is tested.
• Tile in the hall can stay if the new floor does not reach it.
• Keep the report with the remodel papers.

Scope of work

About 400 sq ft of tile and adhesive under the carpet, about 350 sq ft of ceiling texture in two rooms, and the tape and wrap on the furnace ducts, all cleared before demolition. Both DEQ notices, labeled bags, an air check and the landfill haul are included; the survey and the wrecking are not.

Project overview

In this example, the church next door buys a 1960s house in Beaverton and plans to turn the lot into parking. The house is coming down, so a survey of the house and the garage comes first, and friable material has to be out before demolition.

The floor tile under the carpet, the ceiling texture in two rooms and the duct tape test positive. The crew clears them over four days while the church applies to the Building Division for the demolition permit.

The goal

The goal is a house and garage cleared of asbestos, so the demolition and the new parking lot stay on schedule.

Process

1. Week one Inspector on site; the report lists the tile, the texture and the duct tape with their sizes.
2. Next The DEQ notices go in, and the waits run.
3. Removal days Tile lifted whole and wet, ceilings scraped inside sealed rooms, duct tape and wrap removed.
4. Last day Air check, the last bags hauled, and the survey and shipment forms passed to the demolition contractor.

Planning right

• Ask the Building Division what it wants to see with the demolition application.
• Carpet over old tile is taken up with care, so the tile stays whole.
• Sheds and garages on the lot are sampled along with the house.
• The survey stays with the demolition contractor until the lot is clear.

Scope of work

A survey of the common areas, the friable notice to DEQ, a sealed work area under negative pressure on half a corridor at a time, a licensed crew, the texture soaked and scraped into labeled double bags, an air check before each section reopens, and the haul. The sprinkler work and new ceiling finishes are extra.

Project overview

In this example, the owner of a 30-unit building from the 1970s in Beaverton adds fire sprinklers. The main pipes will run along the corridor ceilings on all three floors, hung from hangers drilled through the sprayed texture.

The texture tests positive. A licensed crew clears half a corridor at a time, so tenants can always reach a stair, and each section is checked before it reopens for the sprinkler fitters.

The goal

The goal is bare corridor ceilings on all three floors, so the sprinkler pipe goes up without disturbing asbestos over tenants.

Process

1. Survey About 15 samples from the corridors and stair halls; the ceilings measured.
2. Before work Notice filed; a corridor schedule posted for tenants floor by floor.
3. Days one to four Half a corridor sealed at a time, texture soaked and scraped, bags sealed.
4. Last day Air check, final clean, and the last section reopened for the sprinkler fitters.

Planning right

• Post the work days and the open path at every stair door.
• Drilling hangers into untested texture spreads it down the corridor.
• Units are sampled separately if branch lines will enter them.
• With five or more units, the building needs a survey before any renovation, new or old.