Sampling for one project
A remodel survey samples only the materials your work will disturb, such as the layers of a kitchen floor or the ceiling above a wall you plan to remove. Rooms you aren’t changing stay out of it.
Asbestos Testing and Surveys in Plymouth, Minnesota
Typical cost in Plymouth
- 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 opens or a floor comes up, find out what those materials contain. An MDH-certified inspector cuts small samples, and a lab accredited through NVLAP or the AIHA program analyzes them. Each material sampled gets its own result in the written report.
We schedule surveys for homeowners, townhome associations and builders across Plymouth, New Hope and Wayzata, and we plan the sampling around the rooms your project will reach.
Survey options
Inspection before a tear-down
Before a building comes down, MPCA requires a certified inspector to go through the whole structure, not only the rooms a remodel would have touched.
Reading the results
The lab lists every sample separately. Minnesota treats a material with more than 1 percent asbestos as asbestos-containing, so we go over each line with you before a removal price is written.
Homes built after 1988
Plymouth’s median home dates from 1988, so this cutoff matters here. A building completed after October 1988 can skip the inspection MDH would otherwise require if its architect or contractor signs a statement that no asbestos was used.
Who has to have a survey
No state rule requires a survey before every homeowner’s remodel. A few kinds of projects do need one, though, and it helps to know whether yours is among them.
Remodelers with a crew
A remodeling company with employees has to have a qualified person survey the structure before its crew works where asbestos may be present.
Commercial and public buildings
Renovating a storefront or a public building? Those are inspected first, no matter how recent the construction.
Hennepin County demolitions
For a Plymouth tear-down, Hennepin County’s pre-demolition inspector asks to see your survey report along with the rest of the asbestos paperwork.
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