Asbestos Removal in Deephaven

In Deephaven, whether the plan is a new kitchen, new siding or a new house on the lot, the first visit belongs to a certified inspector. Once the lab weighs in, we file the state notice and take out what tested positive, and your other trades start on clean material.

Deephaven’s housing runs older than Minnetonka’s. Over 6 in 10 homes were already standing before 1980, and no decade added more of them than the 1950s. That is reason enough to test before you open a wall or lift a floor.

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A 1970s split-entry house with a brick lower level and lap siding above, a cleared driveway, snowbanks along the walk and a spruce tree

Example project

Asbestos removed from a 1950s house before it comes down, with the garage kept for the new house

Example project

Home: Deephaven one-story from the 1950s, full basement, detached garage built later
Original request: Clear the lot for a new house while the garage stays where it is
Testing: An MDH-certified inspector surveys both buildings, from the basement floor of the house to the garage roof
Found: Asbestos in the tape and wrap on the basement ducts, the basement floor tile and mastic, and the bathroom sheet vinyl
Clear: No asbestos in the plaster, the roofing or anything sampled in the garage
Timeline: Survey week; five days of notice; four days of removal; a gap of two days or more; then demolition
Cost: $10,000

In this example, a family in Deephaven plans a new house on the lot where their 1950s house now stands. The house comes down, but the detached garage, built years later, stays and will serve the new house.

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Our asbestos services

Testing first

Whatever your project touches gets sampled; a whole house gets inspected before it comes down. Read more on the asbestos testing page.

Ceilings

Moving a light or taking out a wall? Have the sprayed ceiling finish sampled first, and if it comes back positive, read about popcorn ceiling removal.

Floors

Newer flooring can hide older tile, glue or sheet vinyl. Those layers are tested, then taken up through asbestos flooring removal.

Attics

Anyone adding insulation over loose, gravel-like fill should first read vermiculite insulation removal.

Exterior siding

Planning to reside? Test the old shingles first; asbestos siding removal explains the job.

Remodels and teardowns

Taking out a wall or the whole house disturbs plaster, joint compound and window glazing. Our remodel and teardown abatement page covers how we clear them.

Deephaven homes

Deephaven’s median home was built in 1969. Nearly a quarter of its homes come from the 1950s, its busiest decade, and nearly 1 in 5 predate 1950. The town is mostly one-unit homes, nearly 9 in 10 of them, and renters occupy about 1 in 10 homes.

Houses from the 1940s to the 1970s

Any of them might contain tile, ceiling texture, joint compound or siding from MDH’s list, or none of it. A test settles which.

Newer houses

Nearly a quarter of Deephaven homes were built in 2000 or later. If yours is one of them, or anything finished after October 1988, begin by asking whoever designed or built it for a letter saying asbestos was not used. That letter can replace the inspection, so get it before you schedule sampling.

Census Reporter: Deephaven housing Minnesota Department of Health: asbestos in homes Minnesota Department of Health: asbestos regulations pamphlet

Permits in Deephaven

Look at Deephaven’s building permit form and you will see a demolition box, with no question about asbestos or MPCA. The asbestos side comes from Hennepin County, which includes Deephaven. Its inspectors visit before demolition and review three sets of papers, which are the survey, the abatement receipts and the disposal manifests.

Before the wrecker arrives

Set your demolition date, then count back. MPCA wants the building free of asbestos two days or more before it comes down, and we schedule our finish to match.

City of Deephaven: building permits Hennepin County: demolition waste MPCA: asbestos and demolition fact sheet

A 1960s laundry room with the washer and dryer still in place and floor tiles lifted in patches to show black adhesive

Frequently asked questions

Can a Deephaven homeowner remove asbestos?

Yes, though only in one narrow case. If the house is single-family and it is your own home, Minnesota asks for no license and no permit fee when you work on it. A house you rent out, a duplex and an apartment building do not count. Even for the owner living there, MDH’s strong recommendation is a licensed asbestos contractor, and we are glad to explain what the job would involve before you decide.

Which amounts need a licensed contractor?

MDH does not regulate a job below the limits, and it says that does not make the job safe. The limits count friable material only. A licensed contractor is needed for more than 6 square feet on any part of the house, or more than 10 linear feet on pipes. If neither length nor area works as a measure, volume does, and the limit is more than 1 cubic foot.

How far ahead does removal need to be booked?

Plan on five calendar days or more. Regulated work cannot start until MDH has had the contractor’s notice and permit fee for at least that long, so we file as soon as the scope is set.

Can I take asbestos to a county drop-off?

No, the county’s drop-off sites turn it away. In Deephaven, as everywhere in Hennepin County, asbestos has to go to a landfill that accepts it. We bag ours wet in labeled containers that are sealed tight, ship it under a manifest, and give you a copy for your records.

In Excelsior? See asbestos removal in Excelsior, or go to the home page.

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