Asbestos is the second half of what we do. We run it with a Colorado-certified General Abatement Contractor we work alongside — a partner who discounts the same way we do, so you get one call, one coordinated job and a price that beats the market on both halves.
Colorado requires a state-certified General Abatement Contractor (GAC) to perform asbestos abatement above the regulatory trigger levels. Our abatement is performed by our certified partner contractor, coordinated and project-managed by us. We are not going to imply we hold a certification we don't — but you get a single point of contact, one schedule, and the same discount philosophy applied to both trades.
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.
Handling both under one roof means we test before we demo, sequence the abatement ahead of the decon, and you get one price instead of two contractors blaming each other for the delay.
Under Colorado Regulation No. 8, Part B (5 CCR 1001-10), whether you need certified abatement depends on how much material is being disturbed. Most homeowners are shocked at how low the residential thresholds are:
| Property type | Pipes | Other surfaces |
|---|---|---|
| Single-family residential | 50 linear feet | 32 square feet |
| Public & commercial buildings | 260 linear feet | 160 square feet |
32 square feet is a bathroom floor. A single popcorn ceiling in one bedroom clears it easily. If you are renovating a pre-1980 Colorado home and disturbing more than that, the material must be inspected by a Colorado-certified asbestos building inspector first, and abated by a certified GAC if it tests positive.
We are not going to publish an asbestos rate card, and we will explain why in a moment. What we will do is show you the market, so you can judge our number against something real:
| 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 partner discounts the way we do — that is precisely why we work with him instead of a franchise. And bundling asbestos with meth decon is materially cheaper than running them as separate jobs: one mobilization, one containment setup, one crew schedule, one permit cycle.
There is a live estimator on our pricing page — and it covers meth and fentanyl decontamination only. That is deliberate.
Meth decon scales fairly predictably with conditioned square footage and contamination level, so a slider can give you an honest range. Asbestos does not work that way. Two 200-square-foot ceilings can differ by thousands of dollars depending on whether the material is friable, how it is attached, whether it comes off intact, what the access looks like, and which permits the scope triggers. A slider would produce a number we could not stand behind, and you would rightly be annoyed when the real quote landed somewhere else.
So asbestos is quoted, not estimated. Same as everything else here, that quote comes after two gates:
Both gates are free and carry no obligation. Once the written itemized price is issued, it holds — and if something genuinely unforeseen turns up mid-job we stop, document it, and re-quote that portion before proceeding rather than billing you after the fact.
Intact asbestos-containing material sitting undisturbed is generally not the emergency. Grinding, sanding, scraping or demolishing it is what releases fibres. If you suspect asbestos, the correct move is to stop work and test — not to remove it over a weekend.
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.
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.
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.
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