Asbestos Removal in Osseo

Planning a remodel, a boiler replacement or a teardown in Osseo? We start with testing, so you know which materials need care before anyone cuts into them.

Half of Osseo’s homes date from 1968 or earlier, while Maple Grove’s median home is from 1991. More than 7 in every 10 Osseo homes were standing before 1980.

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

Example project

Floor tile found under worn hallway carpet cleared before an apartment building gets new floors

Example project

Building: 1960s two-story apartment building in Osseo, 12 units, with carpeted hallways on both floors
Original request: Replace the worn hallway carpet with vinyl plank
Testing: Survey of both hallways and the stair landings by an MDH-certified inspector
Found: Asbestos in the 9-inch tile under the carpet and in its black adhesive
Clear: No asbestos in the carpet pad, the hallway walls or the ceilings
Area: About 900 sq ft of hallway floor
Timeline: Hallway survey, an MPCA notice ten working days ahead filed alongside MDH’s, and four working days of removal
Cost: $7,900

In this example, the owner of a 12-unit building from the 1960s in Osseo is replacing the worn hallway carpet. When the flooring crew lifts a corner, old 9-inch tile shows underneath, so the owner stops and calls an MDH-certified inspector.

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Asbestos removal services

Sampling first

Before anything in an older Osseo building is cut or scraped, book asbestos testing and get a lab result for each material.

Laundry, kitchen and basement floors

Old tile can sit under newer carpet or vinyl in a laundry room, kitchen or basement, and floor tile and sheet vinyl removal takes it up to the subfloor.

Textured ceilings

Positive ceiling texture is the job of popcorn ceiling removal, done wet with the room sealed off.

Boilers, pipes and ducts

When an old boiler is coming out, duct and pipe insulation removal covers the wrap on its pipes and any taped duct seams nearby.

Cement siding

Gray cement shingles should be tested before re-siding, and asbestos siding removal covers the sections that come back positive.

Remodels and teardowns

Taking down a garage or a whole building, or cutting into walls for a remodel, puts the job under remodel and demolition abatement.

Osseo homes

The 1960s produced about a quarter of Osseo’s homes, its largest decade, and the 1950s nearly 1 in 5 more. About 1 in 10 homes was built in 1939 or earlier.

Houses from the 1950s and 1960s

Planning work on a house from the 1950s or 1960s? Sample the floor tile and its glue, the ceiling texture, the wall seams and any duct wrap first.

Apartments and rentals

Apartments are a big part of Osseo. Close to half of all homes there sit in buildings with five units or more, and more than half of the occupied ones are rented. Renovating or tearing down one of those larger buildings means telling MPCA ten working days ahead of disturbing any regulated asbestos.

Census Reporter: Osseo housing Minnesota Department of Health: asbestos in homes MPCA: asbestos and demolition fact sheet

Permits in Osseo

Osseo’s building permits page explains how to apply online, but it says nothing about asbestos or demolition.

So ask the city’s building official which permits a teardown needs. Asbestos removal itself must wrap up two or more days ahead of the demolition date.

City of Osseo: building permits and inspections MPCA: asbestos and demolition fact sheet

Attic of a 1950s house with old metal ducts wrapped in white tape-like insulation

Frequently asked questions

Can a landlord in Osseo remove asbestos without a license?

Work above the state limits needs a licensed contractor. Only owner-occupants of single-family houses are exempt, so a landlord’s rental falls under the licensing rule. MDH recommends licensed removal even for the owners who do qualify.

When does a licensed contractor have to do the work?

Buildings of five or more units follow different figures. A house or small building of four units or fewer in Osseo needs a licensed contractor when the friable material measures more than 10 linear feet along a pipe or more than 6 square feet on any other surface. For friable material that neither unit can measure, the limit is more than 1 cubic foot.

How soon can removal start?

Five calendar days is the minimum. MDH must have the licensed contractor’s notice in hand at least that long before removal begins, and since we file it, we send it early enough to meet that.

What happens to the waste?

Waste never travels dry. Our crew wets it, closes it in sealed containers with labels, and sends a manifest with each load to an asbestos-accepting landfill.

Property in Corcoran? See asbestos removal in Corcoran, or our home page.

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