Typical cost in Lakewood
Asbestos has to be dealt with before a building in Lakewood, Washington is demolished, and Lakewood Asbestos Removal takes care of that stage for houses, garages and small buildings. The steps run in order. An AHERA inspector surveys the full structure, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is notified, certified workers abate what was found, and demolition proceeds when 10 days have passed since the notice.
Lakewood’s residential permit matrix puts the PSCAA notification on the demolition row, next to a Pierce County sewer capping or septic decommissioning permit, water disconnection, refuse disposal authorization and demolition plans. We abate ahead of teardowns in Lakewood and the neighboring communities of Steilacoom and Parkland.
PSCAA’s notice is triggered by roof area: any structure with more than 120 square feet of projected roof area is notified, even when no asbestos is present, and every demolition waits 10 days unless the agency waives it. The survey and notice belong to the same sequence as the permit, and friable asbestos is cleared before the walls come down.
A detached garage or shop is a structure like any other once its roof passes 120 square feet. Smaller sheds still need the survey, since PSCAA requires an AHERA inspection of every structure to be demolished, and the surveyed materials such as siding, roofing and flooring are still removed as the findings require.
Taking down only part of a building, such as a porch or an old addition, raises the question of which rulebook applies. By PSCAA’s definitions, demolition leaves a structure permanently uninhabitable or unusable, and anything less is renovation. The portion being removed gets surveyed in both cases, and friable asbestos there comes out before any cutting.
After a fire the survey still applies. PSCAA allows the waiting period to be waived in certain emergencies, such as a sudden event that creates a hazard, but the notification is still filed.
The matrix is a map of the steps, not a promise that each applies to every address.
The matrix lists water disconnection and sewer capping or septic decommissioning among the demolition submittals. Confirm the order of those steps with the City before booking a crew.
The 10-day period starts from the notification, so the notice is filed early. Confirm the current demolition checklist with Lakewood Planning and Public Works at (253) 512-2261.
Asbestos waste from a Lakewood address goes to an authorized facility with a shipment record. PSCAA’s list gives Hidden Valley Transfer Station in Puyallup for Pierce County waste and Tacoma Landfill for waste from the City of Tacoma only.
Everything starts with a survey; for the report itself, see asbestos testing and surveys. Rented buildings follow rental and apartment asbestos abatement. The rest of Lakewood Asbestos Removal is on the home page.
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