Asbestos Removal in Shakopee

If you are opening a wall, replacing old flooring or taking down a building in Shakopee, testing tells you whether asbestos is part of the job. We arrange the samples, remove what comes back positive and file the state paperwork for regulated work.

Nearly 7 in 10 Shakopee homes date from 1990 or later. Even so, close to 3,800 were built before 1980, and those older houses are where testing comes first.

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Front hall of a 1960s home with worn sheet vinyl cut back, plastic taped to the walls and a half bath door standing open

Example project

Old vinyl tile lifted where a kitchen peninsula is taken out

Example project

Home: 1970s house in Shakopee with a kitchen peninsula and newer laminate laid over the original floor
Original request: Take out the peninsula to widen the walkway and run one new floor through the kitchen
Testing: The original vinyl tile and its adhesive, found under the laminate, sampled apart by an MDH-certified inspector
Found: Asbestos in the tile and its adhesive
Area: About 70 sq ft, the peninsula footprint and the strip around it
Work: Tile pulled up in whole pieces by hand, the adhesive removed wet down to the subfloor
Timeline: Five-day notice, then one working day
Cost: $1,950

In this example, the kitchen of a 1970s house in Shakopee feels tight because a peninsula juts into the walkway. The owners are taking it out and want one new floor across the room. The laminate was laid around the peninsula, and the original vinyl tile shows wherever the cabinet base comes up.

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How we can help

Asbestos testing

An older home, or a building set for demolition, starts with samples. Read about asbestos testing first.

Popcorn and textured ceilings

If the lab finds asbestos in a sprayed ceiling, the room is closed off before anyone touches it. Our popcorn ceiling removal page covers how we take the texture down.

Flooring

Old tile, sheet flooring and mastic are lifted under floor tile and mastic removal.

Insulation

Ducts with old white wrap or taped seams, insulated pipes and vermiculite in the attic are all handled on our pipe, duct and vermiculite insulation removal page.

Exterior siding

Cement siding on houses, garages or sheds comes off under asbestos siding removal.

Teardowns and big remodels

Read remodel and demolition abatement before you set a demolition date.

Shakopee housing

Shakopee’s biggest building decade was the 2000s, which produced about 3 in 10 of the homes here now, and its median year built is 1999. A little over a fifth of homes predate 1980, and about 3 in every 100 were built in 1939 or earlier.

Older houses

Floor tile, ceiling texture, pipe and duct insulation and cement siding, all on MDH’s list, may be found in a house built before 1980. Only a lab result shows which of them your house really has.

Newer buildings

MDH accepts a letter from the architect or contractor in place of an asbestos inspection for buildings constructed after October 1988, when the letter states that no asbestos was used.

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

Permits in Shakopee

Shakopee requires a Demolition/Razing Permit to demolish any building in the city, and the application goes through the city’s ePortal. The permits page does not mention asbestos, so state rules govern that side of the job. MPCA wants asbestos removed at least two days before a building is demolished.

City of Shakopee: licenses and permits 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 I remove asbestos from my Shakopee home myself?

Shakopee landlords cannot, and neither can the owner of a duplex or an apartment building, since Minnesota gives rentals no exemption from its licensing rules. The one case state law excuses from the license and the permit fee is a single-family house whose owner lives in it and does the work. MDH still strongly recommends licensed help for that owner.

What counts as a regulated amount?

Three limits apply to home work, and one is enough to make the job regulated. Friable material on surfaces other than pipes counts once it covers more than 6 square feet. Friable pipe material counts once it runs more than 10 linear feet. Friable material with no measurable length or area counts at more than 1 cubic foot. MDH leaves smaller amounts unregulated but says that does not make them safe.

Is asbestos found during a remodel an emergency?

No. MDH does not treat asbestos discovered mid-project as an emergency, so you still wait the five days of notice before licensed removal can start. Keep everyone out of that area in the meantime.

Does a Shakopee teardown need an MPCA notice?

A building with five or more units needs it, ten working days ahead. A house of four units or fewer does not, with three exceptions to watch for. The notice is still required if the house was converted from another use, if it is one of several houses a single owner is demolishing, or if the teardown is part of a highway, urban renewal or commercial development project. Ask us before you set a demolition date and we will check your building against those terms.

In Mendota Heights? See asbestos removal in Mendota Heights, or the home page.

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