Asbestos Inspection Services in Granite City, IL

Granite City's housing was built for steelworkers, by the thousands, in the early and mid 1900s. Asbestos wasn't just present in that era of construction, it was the point: cement siding shingles, pipe insulation, floor tile, and roofing all used it deliberately for durability and fire resistance. Neighborhoods like Lincoln Place and the streets around downtown still carry those original materials on and in their homes.

Here's a job that captures the city. An investor buys a worker-era two story to rehab. The exterior has the classic cement shingle siding, and the basement ceiling has wrapped heating pipes running its full length. Both positive. Neither was a crisis, because both were found before demo: the siding came off intact piece by piece under proper handling, and the pipe wrap was abated under containment before the mechanical work started.

Our inspection surveys and samples the materials your project touches: siding, pipe and boiler insulation, floor tile and mastic, plaster, ceiling texture, and roofing. PLM analysis at an accredited lab, then a written report that identifies each material as positive or negative with documentation ready for contractors and regulators.

Test before any renovation or demolition of these older homes, before buying a rehab project so the abatement cost is in your numbers and not a surprise, and whenever original materials are damaged or deteriorating. Illinois requires inspection ahead of demolition, and in Granite City's housing stock the inspection almost always finds something worth knowing about.

We're licensed in Illinois and Missouri and we work in this housing stock constantly.

Call (618) 477-2761 to schedule asbestos inspection in Granite City.