Asbestos Removal in Milwaukie

Milwaukie’s homes lean older, so a remodel here starts with knowing what is in the walls, ceilings and floors. We arrange the testing, remove what the lab finds and clear houses ahead of a teardown, under the same state rules that apply everywhere in Oregon.

More than 7 in every 10 Milwaukie homes predate 1980. Roughly 6 in 10 are owner-occupied, so the rules for owners who live in their homes matter here.

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Upstairs of a 1960s split-level with a painted popcorn ceiling, plastic on the floor and walls and the short stair in view

Example project

Floor tile lifted so a rotted bathroom subfloor can be replaced

Example project

Home: One-story Milwaukie house from the 1950s with a single bathroom
Original request: Fix the soft floor around a toilet that leaked for years
Testing: The 9-inch squares and the black adhesive below them sampled one at a time
Found: Asbestos in the tile and in the adhesive
Area: About 70 sq ft of bathroom floor
Work: Five days after the nonfriable notice, each square lifted whole and the adhesive scraped wet
Timeline: Five-day notice, then one working day
Cost: $1,600

In this example, the floor around the toilet in a 1950s house in Milwaukie has gone soft after a slow leak. The carpenter needs to cut out the rotted subfloor, and the old 9-inch tile and its black adhesive sit right on top.

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Asbestos removal services

Asbestos testing

A house built before 2004 needs a survey by an accredited inspector before a remodel or demolition. Asbestos testing covers just the rooms you are changing, or the whole house before a teardown.

Ceiling texture

Ceilings sprayed in the 1960s and 1970s are worth a sample before you touch them. Positive texture is friable, and a licensed crew removes it under popcorn ceiling and texture removal.

Floors

Laundry rooms and kitchens can hold old tile and adhesive under newer flooring. Intact tile is nonfriable, and floor tile removal covers it layer by layer.

Basement heating

Older Milwaukie houses with basements may still have wrapped pipes or a boiler. That wrap is friable, so it falls under pipe and boiler insulation removal.

Teardowns

Clearing a lot for a new house means a whole-house survey and abatement before the excavator arrives. See demolition and deconstruction abatement.

Milwaukie’s housing

The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s together built more than half of the homes standing in Milwaukie today, and about 1 in 9 dates from 1939 or earlier.

Postwar houses

Houses from those decades can carry ceiling texture, vinyl floor tile and sheet flooring, and taped heating ducts. Those are the materials to sample before a remodel, and a house that age can still test clean.

Older homes

The older houses can add plaster walls and basement pipe wrap to the list. The survey rule is the same, but there is more to sample.

Census Reporter: Milwaukie housing

Permits in Milwaukie

The city’s permit process page lists demolition permits without mentioning asbestos. The state survey, notice and disposal rules still apply to every job, so check with the City of Milwaukie on what its permit itself needs.

City of Milwaukie: permit process Oregon DEQ: asbestos survey requirements

A 1960s laundry room emptied of its washer and dryer, with 9-inch floor tiles lifted to show black adhesive

Frequently asked questions

Can I do my own asbestos removal in Milwaukie?

Yes, when you own and live in the house. You skip the license and the DEQ notice but not the waste rules, and DEQ strongly advises hiring a pro. A rental, a business or a house slated for demolition loses the exemption.

Where can asbestos waste from Milwaukie go?

Metro transfer stations can’t take it. The bags go, with a shipment form, to a DEQ-permitted landfill such as Hillsboro Landfill, and the landfill wants a call first.

Is a survey needed for a small repair?

Disturbing less than 3 square feet or 3 linear feet as part of a needed repair can be exempt, as long as removal isn’t the point of the job and safe work methods are used.

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