Asbestos Inspection Services in Webster Groves, MO

Old Webster homes are layered. A century of ownership means a century of renovations, and asbestos-era materials from the 40s through the 70s sit buried between the original construction and the modern updates: tile under carpet under laminate, duct wrap behind finished basement walls, patching compounds smoothed over original plaster.

Here's the Webster Groves job that repeats. A family restoring a 1920s home opens a basement ceiling to rewire and finds the original ductwork wrapped in white asbestos paper insulation, invisible until that moment because a 1980s drop ceiling hid it. Work stopped, we sampled, it was positive, and the abatement happened before the electricians came back. The wrap had been shedding into the return air path for decades; finding it was the best thing that renovation did for the house.

Our inspection is built for layered old homes. We sample every generation of material the project will disturb: plaster and patching compounds, duct and pipe wrap, flooring layers and mastics, ceiling texture and tiles, siding, and roofing. PLM analysis at an accredited lab, and a report that maps the layers in plain language.

Test before restoration or remodel work in any older Webster Groves home, before purchase when you're buying a house to restore, and whenever hidden material turns up mid-project. If a contractor finds something unexpected, stop and call; a one-day sampling turnaround beats a contaminated house.

We're Missouri and Illinois licensed, and old housing stock is where we do our best work.

Call (618) 477-2761 to schedule asbestos inspection in Webster Groves.