Asbestos Inspection Services in Fairview Heights, IL

Fairview Heights was built in the peak asbestos decades. The ranches and split-levels that fill the city's neighborhoods went up in the 60s and 70s, when asbestos floor tile, ceiling texture, and joint compound were standard construction materials. Most of those homes are on their second or third owner now, and every flooring update, ceiling scrape, and basement finish runs into the original materials.

A typical Fairview Heights job: a homeowner wants the popcorn ceiling gone. It's the single most common asbestos question we get in homes of this era, and for good reason. Textured ceilings applied before the mid-80s frequently contain asbestos, and scraping one dry sends fibers through the whole house. We sample it first. If it's negative, scrape away. If it's positive, it comes down under containment, wet, by people equipped for it. Either way you know before anyone touches it.

Our inspection targets the materials your project disturbs: ceiling texture, floor tile and mastic, sheet vinyl, drywall compound, pipe insulation, and siding. Samples are analyzed by PLM at an accredited lab, and you get a written report that says plainly which materials are positive and what to do about it.

Call us before flooring or ceiling projects in any pre-1980 home, before demo work of any size, and before buying or selling an older home if you want the question answered rather than argued about at closing.

We're Illinois licensed inspectors, we're independent, and if your ceiling comes back clean we'll tell you exactly that.

Call (618) 477-2761 to schedule asbestos inspection in Fairview Heights.