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Once a sample is positive, Bellevue Asbestos Removal takes down a popcorn ceiling by plastic-sealing the room, wetting the texture, scraping it off and bagging it, leaving a ceiling ready to patch or board over. Sampling comes first, and it makes sense here, because about a third of Bellevue homes date from the 1960s and 1970s.
Age alone settles nothing. Bellevue’s median home dates from 1982, newer homes are not automatically exempt and older ones are not automatically affected, and only a lab result decides. We take down ceilings in Bellevue, Mercer Island and Clyde Hill.
The ceiling is cleaned back to the board, ready for a patch, a skim coat or new drywall. PSCAA classes positive popcorn as friable surfacing material, and a notice is due once friable removal on the building reaches 48 square feet in a calendar year, counting everything else removed that year.
Painted popcorn is tested like any other. Painting can make later removal harder and costlier, PSCAA warns, and texture weighed down by coatings or water can drop in clumps.
A brown ring on a ceiling marks a past leak. Under PSCAA’s guidance asbestos becomes a risk once disturbed or deteriorating, and water damage can also make popcorn heavy enough to fall in clumps. Stained texture is sampled before anyone touches it, and the leak gets fixed before a new ceiling goes up.
A little preparation keeps the job short.
Little preparation is needed from you beyond moving furniture. If a piece has to stay, cover it. Fixtures on the ceiling, whether a fan, a light or a smoke detector, get taken down or shielded by the crew, which also seals the room in plastic before scraping.
Pick the finished surface before work starts. A skim coat, new board and a smooth finish each want the ceiling left a slightly different way, and the crew can plan for it.
Do-it-yourself ceiling work is possible only in a single-family house the owner lives in. PSCAA’s instructions for popcorn ceilings cover that case. Everything else in the removal rules, from wet methods to containment and disposal, applies to the owner exactly as it does to a contractor, and PSCAA still urges certified help. Landlords, tenants and condo owners are not covered.
Replacing the floor under the same ceiling? That is floor tile and sheet vinyl removal. No sample yet? Begin with asbestos testing and surveys. Every other service is listed on the home page of Bellevue Asbestos Removal.
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