Colorado regulates asbestos work tightly for a reason. If you've got a popcorn ceiling, a remodel that exposed pipe insulation, or transite siding to deal with, you need a licensed General Abatement Contractor — and a paper trail. We bring both.
Asbestos was used in over 3,000 building products through the early 1980s. If your property was built before 1985, almost any renovation can expose regulated material. We handle every common asbestos-containing material in residential and commercial buildings:
Asbestos fibers don't break down. Once airborne, they lodge in lung tissue and stay there. Decades later they can cause mesothelioma, asbestosis, or lung cancer. The rules exist because the damage is permanent.
Friable material crumbles under hand pressure and releases fibers easily — popcorn ceiling, pipe wrap, vermiculite. Non-friable (vinyl tile, transite) is bonded but still regulated under Reg. 8 when disturbed.
For single-family residential: 50 linear feet on pipes or 32 sq ft on other surfaces. For commercial: 260 LF or 160 sq ft. Above trigger requires a permitted, GAC-certified contractor with 10-day CDPHE notification.
Under EPA NESHAP, the property owner and the contractor are jointly liable for compliant work and disposal. Hiring an unlicensed crew doesn't transfer that liability — it just adds yours.
An independent CDPHE-certified Building Inspector (separate from Precision) samples suspect materials and submits to an accredited lab. Required before any abatement begins.
For projects above trigger, we file the Asbestos Abatement Notification with CDPHE and pay the permit fee. 10 working days before start unless expedited.
Critical barriers (6-mil poly), HVAC isolation, decontamination chamber, HEPA-filtered negative air at 4+ ACH, warning signage at every access point.
Wet method by default. Glovebag for small pipe/duct sections. Full enclosure for friable at scale. Waste double-bagged in labeled 6-mil poly and manifested to an approved landfill.
Aggressive air sampling by a third-party Air Monitoring Specialist. Pass criteria: ≤0.01 f/cc by PCM. Clearance letter and full project file delivered.
Visual identification of asbestos is unreliable. The only way to know is bulk sampling sent to a NVLAP-accredited lab — performed by an independent CDPHE-certified inspector. Precision doesn't perform testing in-house; we coordinate with independent firms in our network to keep your timeline tight.
Stop work. Leave the area. Don't sweep or vacuum. Call us — we can usually be on site the same day.
By far the most common residential call. Pre-1980 textured ceilings often test positive. Whole-home is typically a 3-5 day project on site. Below-trigger jobs don't require CDPHE notification but still require containment if material is friable.
Inspector flagged something. Lender or buyer wants documentation. We coordinate the independent testing, run the abatement, and provide a clearance letter that satisfies the closing requirement — often inside two weeks.
If you have loose, grainy, pebble-textured attic insulation in a pre-1990 home, treat it as asbestos-containing until tested. Removal is a full-containment job; we vacuum it, bag it, and document the disposal.
NESHAP requires a thorough asbestos inspection before any commercial demolition or substantial renovation. We pull samples, write the survey report, and abate any positive findings on a schedule that keeps your demo permit on track.
Common in pre-1980 commercial, multifamily, and older homes. Friable, easily damaged, often discovered during HVAC work. Glovebag for small sections; full enclosure for large mechanical rooms.
9"×9" and many 12"×12" vinyl tiles with black mastic adhesive often contain chrysotile. Removal options range from intact-tile bead-blasting to full demolition; we'll recommend the lowest-disruption approach that fits your renovation plan.
Independent inspection and sampling typically runs $250–$850 depending on number of samples and lab turnaround. Testing is performed by certified inspectors separate from Precision — we coordinate the scheduling and the results feed directly into your abatement scope.
Above the residential trigger (32 sq ft), the 10-working-day CDPHE notification window runs first. On-site work for one room: 1–2 days. Whole-home: 3–5 days. Below trigger, no notification is required and we can typically start the same week.
The containment zone must be unoccupied. For a single-room job in an isolated area with independent HVAC, occupants can usually remain elsewhere in the home. Whole-home, ceiling-wide, or HVAC-connected work requires the home to be vacated until clearance passes.
Intact, undisturbed asbestos in stable condition can be left in place safely. Damage, friability, and disturbance are what generate airborne fibers. If you're not renovating or remodeling and the material is in good shape, encapsulation or "leave-in-place" can be the right call.
Asbestos-containing material is double-bagged in labeled 6-mil polyethylene, sealed, and transported under a waste manifest to a CDPHE-approved landfill licensed to accept regulated asbestos waste. You get a copy of the manifest in your project file.
Tell us where it is and what you saw. We'll be there.
