Asbestos is the other half of what we do. We run it with a preferred Colorado-certified abatement contractor we work directly with — the same partner we bring in when a property has both meth and asbestos. He prices the way we do, which is the entire reason we work with him.
You deal with us. We scope it, coordinate the certified contractor, run the schedule and hand you the documentation package at the end.
We are not going to put an asbestos rate card on a website — see below for why. But you deserve to know what the market looks like before anyone quotes you.
| Job | Typical Colorado price |
|---|---|
| Single-room popcorn ceiling ~200 sq ft bedroom, turnkey | $2,500 – $4,500 |
| Whole-floor popcorn ceiling ~1,200 sq ft | $6,000 – $18,000 |
| General abatement, per sq ft Varies by material and friability | $5 – $20 / sq ft |
| Popcorn ceiling w/ asbestos, per sq ft Denver metro | $5 – $15 / sq ft |
Two things move those numbers in your favour with us: our preferred contractor discounts the same way we do, and bundling asbestos with meth decon costs materially less than running them as two separate jobs — one mobilization, one containment setup, one permit cycle.
Our pricing page has a live estimator that gives you a real range in ten seconds — and it covers meth and fentanyl decontamination only. That is a deliberate choice, not an oversight.
Meth decon scales fairly predictably with conditioned square footage and contamination level, so a slider can be honest. Asbestos does not behave that way. Two 200-square-foot ceilings can differ by thousands depending on whether the material is friable, how it is attached, whether it comes off intact, what access looks like, and which permits the scope triggers. A slider would hand you a number we could not stand behind.
So asbestos is quoted, never estimated. Every asbestos price we issue passes two gates first:
Both gates are free and carry no obligation. Once the written itemized price is issued it holds, and genuinely unforeseen conditions are stopped, documented and re-quoted before we proceed — never billed after the fact.
Because the two collide constantly, and finding out mid-job is expensive.
Meth remediation means pulling carpet, subfloor, drywall and duct insulation. In any Colorado property built before roughly 1980, those are exactly the materials most likely to contain asbestos — vinyl floor tile and its black mastic, popcorn and textured ceilings, pipe wrap, duct tape at HVAC joints, window glazing. Disturbing them without testing turns a straightforward decontamination into a regulatory problem and a health hazard for everyone on site.
That is why we have a preferred contractor we work with directly rather than scrambling for a subcontractor mid-project. We test before we demo, sequence the abatement ahead of the decon, and you get one coordinated job instead of two contractors blaming each other for the delay.
Under Colorado Regulation No. 8, Part B (5 CCR 1001-10), whether certified abatement is required depends on how much material your project disturbs. The residential thresholds surprise almost everyone:
| Property type | Pipe insulation | Other surfaces |
|---|---|---|
| Single-family residential | 50 linear feet | 32 square feet |
| Public & commercial buildings | 260 linear feet | 160 square feet |
32 square feet is about one bathroom floor. A single bedroom's popcorn ceiling clears it easily. Above that, the material must be inspected by a Colorado-certified asbestos building inspector before work starts, and abated by a certified General Abatement Contractor if it tests positive.
If your project disturbs more than 32 square feet of surface material or 50 linear feet of pipe insulation in a single-family home, yes — Colorado Regulation No. 8, Part B requires inspection by a state-certified asbestos building inspector first. For public and commercial buildings the thresholds are 160 square feet and 260 linear feet.
Thirty-two square feet is about one small bathroom floor, or a single bedroom's popcorn ceiling. Most homeowners assume they are well under the limit and are not.
Colorado requires a state-certified General Abatement Contractor for abatement above the trigger levels. Our abatement is performed by a certified partner contractor we work alongside, coordinated and project-managed by us.
We are not going to imply we hold a certification we do not hold. What you get is one point of contact, one schedule, and a partner who discounts the same way we do — which is precisely why we work with him instead of a franchise.
Asbestos is quoted per job rather than off a published rate card, because scope is driven by material type, friability, access and permit requirements. A single popcorn ceiling and a full basement pipe-wrap removal are not comparable jobs.
Estimates are free, our partner discounts the same way we do, and bundling asbestos with meth remediation is meaningfully cheaper than running them as two separate jobs — one mobilization, one containment setup, one crew schedule.
Asbestos was used in Colorado construction into the early 1980s, so treat anything built before roughly 1980 as suspect. That covers a very large share of Denver-metro housing stock — bungalows, Denver squares, post-war ranches and most pre-1980 apartment buildings.
Age narrows the odds but does not settle it. Only laboratory analysis of a bulk sample tells you whether a specific material contains asbestos.
Generally, intact asbestos-containing material that is not being disturbed is not the emergency. The hazard comes from releasing fibres — sanding, scraping, grinding, drilling or demolishing it.
That is why the right first move when you suspect asbestos is to stop work and test, not to pull it out over a weekend. Encapsulating or simply leaving intact material alone is often the correct and cheapest answer, and we will tell you when that is the case rather than selling you a removal.
Because the two collide constantly. Meth decontamination means pulling carpet, subfloor, drywall and duct insulation — in a pre-1980 property those are exactly the materials most likely to contain asbestos.
Disturbing them without testing turns a straightforward decon into a regulatory problem and a health hazard for everyone on site. Running both trades together means we test before we demo, sequence abatement ahead of decontamination, and you deal with one company instead of two contractors blaming each other for the delay.
Free estimate, free report review, free in-person walkthrough. We quote it properly rather than guessing at it, and we beat competitor bids daily.