Asbestos Removal in East Renton Highlands

Renton Asbestos Removal serves East Renton Highlands, an unincorporated community of 4,406 homes. Roughly 60 in every 100 predate 1980, and nearly all are one-unit homes.

The area has 4,406 housing units and a median build year of 1974. Only about 3% date from before 1950, which puts the 1960s and 1970s at the center of the question, and about 9% of households rent.

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A 1970s bedroom with a popcorn ceiling marked by a brown water stain, room emptied

Example project

Sloped textured ceiling taken down in a bonus room over a garage

Example project

Home: 1970s two-story house in East Renton Highlands with a bonus room over the garage
Original request: Turn the bonus room into a bedroom with new lights
Testing: A lab test of the texture on the sloped and flat parts of the ceiling found asbestos
Area: About 260 sq ft of sloped and flat ceiling
Work: The room and its stair door sealed, staging set up, texture wetted and scraped after a notice to the clean air agency
Timeline: Notice, then two working days
Cost: $4,200

In this example, the owners of a 1970s house in East Renton Highlands turn the bonus room over the garage into a bedroom. The sloped ceiling is sprayed with texture, and the electrician has to cut into it for new lights, so the owners ask for a test first.

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Asbestos removal services

Asbestos testing and surveys

About 9 in 10 households here own their home, and a resident owner may take samples for a remodel. A teardown or a rental still needs an accredited inspector. The details are on asbestos testing and surveys.

Popcorn ceiling removal

Thinking of repainting a 1960s or 1970s ceiling? Test the texture first. Popcorn ceiling removal covers what happens if it is positive.

Floor tile and sheet vinyl

Before new floors go in, find out what is under the old ones. Floor tile and sheet vinyl removal explains the layers and the glue.

Siding and roofing

A house with older siding or roofing may need samples before a re-side. Read siding and roofing removal first.

Pre-demolition abatement

Making room for a new house? The old one needs a survey, a notice and a 10-day wait first. Pre-demolition asbestos abatement has the order.

Housing and asbestos in East Renton Highlands

East Renton Highlands is under the Clean Air Agency’s asbestos rules.

Houses from many decades

Roughly 60% of the area’s homes, 2,653 of 4,406, predate 1980. Before a remodel, a survey checks ceiling texture, vinyl flooring and exterior materials, and it may find none of them.

Before you start

Ask your address’s permit office what a demolition or remodel needs first.

Disposal

Cedar Hills Landfill accepts asbestos waste generated in King County outside Seattle, which includes this area, by appointment. Republic Services in Seattle is the other site on the agency’s list. Both ask for double bagging in 6-mil plastic.

Census Reporter: East Renton Highlands housing (ACS 2024)PSCAA authorized disposal facilities

Doing it yourself or hiring

With about 94% of homes one-unit and about 91% of households owning, resident owners make up the bulk of the picture. For them, the agency allows an owner’s own survey for a remodel and an owner’s own removal, with work and disposal rules still in force. Hiring a certified contractor is still its advice.

When a house is rented out or being demolished, an accredited inspector and certified workers take over. Amounts matter too, since crumbly material over the yearly limits needs a notice first.

PSCAA homeowner renovation guidance PSCAA Regulation III, Article 4

Hall closet with the furnace removed, a metal duct taped over at the opening, a gray panel on the back wall and plastic on the floor

Frequently asked questions

Do East Renton Highlands homes follow Renton’s permit rules?

Not for permits. Ask your address’s permit office. Asbestos rules apply either way.

Do I need a survey before remodeling my own house?

A survey is required before work that may disturb asbestos. Own and live in the single-family house? You may do it yourself. Anyone else uses an accredited inspector.

Can asbestos stay where it is?

Sometimes. Leaving it, sealing it and removing it are the three paths the agency names once asbestos turns up. Untouched material may stay, and anything a remodel will cut or sand must go.

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