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Before a textured ceiling comes down, it should be tested. EPA lists textured coatings on ceilings among possible asbestos materials, and a pattern on the ceiling does not say whether yours is one. DeSoto Asbestos Removal takes the sample and, if it is positive, the texture.
Work is available in DeSoto, Duncanville and Lancaster.
DeSoto has about 2,800 homes from the 1970s. Before anyone wets or scrapes a ceiling in one of them, we take a sample. Positive means you can choose removal or leave a sound ceiling alone; negative means the finisher can go ahead.
DeSoto’s 1980s houses number about 5,100, more than any other decade. A date in the mid-1980s does not tell us whether the ceiling texture holds asbestos. Sampling settles it, and a clean result saves the cost of abatement.
Most DeSoto homes were built after 1980, and a ceiling there may well test clean. Where you doubt it, a single sample costs little next to guessing.
Ceilings with old leak stains or patches behave differently when the texture comes off, so we look before we set up. EPA lists damaged material as a reason to test.
Probably not, but we cannot name a cutoff year, so a sample is the only way to be sure. It is a low-cost check if you plan to scrape.
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