Asbestos Removal in Gladstone

Planning a remodel or a teardown in Gladstone? We test what the work will touch, remove what comes back positive, and take care of the DEQ notice and the landfill trip.

The 1970s alone built close to 3 of every 10 homes standing in Gladstone today. Counting earlier decades, more than 6 in 10 predate 1980.

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Entry hall of a 1960s house with old sheet vinyl cut back, plastic taped along the walls and a half bath door open

Example project

Textured ceilings with dead heating cables taken down before a heat pump

Example project

Home: 1970s one-story house in Gladstone with electric heating cables in the ceilings
Original request: Replace the failed ceiling heat with a heat pump and put up new, smooth ceilings
Testing: At least three samples from each textured ceiling area; the texture is positive
Area: About 750 sq ft of ceiling in the living room, the hall and three bedrooms
Work: Rooms sealed under negative pressure, texture soaked and scraped, after the 10-day DEQ notice
Timeline: Ten-day notice, then four working days
Cost: $8,100

In this example, the heating cables buried in the ceilings of a 1970s house in Gladstone have stopped working, and the owners switch to a heat pump. The old ceiling board is cracked along the cable lines, so they plan new board and smooth ceilings in every room.

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Asbestos removal services

Asbestos testing

Any Gladstone home from before 2004 needs an accredited inspector’s survey before a renovation or demolition, unless the owner is remodeling a home they live in. We book asbestos testing for the rooms on your plan.

Popcorn ceilings

A 1970s ceiling texture can test positive or clean, and only the lab knows which. Positive texture comes off wet inside an enclosure. See popcorn ceiling and texture removal.

Entry and kitchen floors

Sheet vinyl and tile from those years are sampled layer by layer. We lift what tests positive under floor tile removal.

Rentals

A rented Gladstone house or a small apartment building doesn’t get the owner-occupant allowances. Our rental and apartment abatement page explains what changes.

Gladstone homes

The 1970s left the biggest mark on Gladstone’s housing, with a smaller group of houses from 1939 or earlier.

1970s houses

Before a remodel, ceiling texture, vinyl flooring and old tape on furnace ducts are worth sampling. A positive result in one room doesn’t mean the next room is the same.

Manufactured homes

Mobile and manufactured homes make up about 1 in 17 Gladstone homes. In Oregon they sit in the same residential category as a site-built house, pre-2004 survey rule included.

Census Reporter: Gladstone housing Oregon DEQ: asbestos in housing

Who can do the work

Texture and pipe wrap crumble, which makes them DEQ-licensed work. Whole floor tile, cement siding and roofing hold together, so a Construction Contractors Board licensee can remove them after filing the nonfriable notice.

Ask the City of Gladstone what its own permits need before you schedule a demolition.

Oregon DEQ: asbestos in housing Oregon DEQ: asbestos information for homeowners

Hall closet with the old furnace gone, a duct collar sealed with old white tape and a gray cement-board panel

Frequently asked questions

How soon can work start?

Expect a wait of at least five days after DEQ gets the notice and fee for floor tile or siding, and at least ten for texture or pipe wrap.

Will a transfer station take my remodel debris?

Bring paperwork. For a pre-2004 home, Metro wants a printed survey or lab sheet showing no more than 1% asbestos, and it never takes asbestos itself. Flat or built-up roofing is refused even when it tests clean.

Do you work on manufactured homes?

Yes. A manufactured home goes through the same testing and removal steps as a house, and we quote it the same way.

Milwaukie owners can read asbestos removal in Milwaukie, or head to the home page.

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