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By Jud Menshal | Jan 25 2025 | Asbestos Removal Questions
Watch this asbestos floor vents removal video before requesting a quote. This will make you a more educated buyer and help you on your journey to restoring the air quality in your home.
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Do you have asbestos on your floor vents?
Asbestos found before duct cleaning, renovations and health concerns
Time necessary to remove asbestos from floor vents in Ottawa?
Hundreds of homes abated in Ottawa
Asbestos and the resale value of your home
Think you might have asbestos?
Free estimate and plan of action
Do You Have Asbestos On Your Floor Vents?
If you have asbestos on your floor vents, follow these steps:
1. Continue to use your furnace (winter)
2. Call an Asbestos Remediation Contractor for a quote and availability
3. Consider purchasing a HEPA filter to clean the air in your home (High Efficiency Particulate Air Filter)
4. Inspect duct work for additional spots
5. Have the areas Abated by the company with the best service (and without scare tactics)
It's important to remember that while this is an important matter that needs to be dealt with, there is no sense in panicking. Panicking inhibits proper decision making. If the contractor you're dealing with is putting pressure on you and making you feel uneasy, remember you have options. Consider getting more quotes.
Asbestos can be found in Commercial, Residential as well as Road construction.
It isn't uncommon for asbestos to be found during a home inspection. Sometimes it is missed. Additionally, some think that because asbestos was not reported in their home inspection report, that they don't have any at all.
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This is a fallacy since a home inspection is a visual one and does not consist of sampling and asbestos substance testing, since it would be illegal to alter the physical properties of a home that is not yet yours. The reason asbestos can sometimes be detected is that certain materials with certain physical properties, such as the asbestos around floor vents are very obviously asbestos since they were used for their heat and fire-retardant properties and nothing more. These materials have been tested many times by skeptics and invariably return positive.
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If you've found asbestos during a renovation, it may not have been visible at the beginning of the project and has home to you and your team as a surprise. It is important to call a contractor that understands the urgency of the matter. Some are too busy, others don't care. PatchBoyz is one of the few companies that is able to surgically come into your projects and swiftly remove it so that you can continue your project. And if your drywall also contains asbestos, we are able to help in that matter as well.
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It's important to consider the health concerns brought upon by asbestos exposure and not put contractors or occupants at risk just to meet a deadline. No pun intended here. We advise against watching videos on youtube uploaded by hobbyists looking to get views. There are too many incorrect videos out there and many do not fully understand the concept of cross contamination.
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In many cases PatchBoyz is able to come remove or seal the vents in your home in a day. Some larger homes may require an extra day.
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Another factor affecting timelines is whether the vents are floor vents or asbestos wall vents. These are executed in different ways and have different considerations. Wall vents can be more expensive if a complete remediation is sought.
PatchBoyz has been blessed with the trust of hundreds of its clients in Ottawa. Coming highly recommended by several HVAC and duct cleaning companies has given us the opportunity to help many families through this challenge.
Sometimes its a matter of getting ducts cleaned to prevent asthma attacks and other its for emergency situations. An example of this is when someone's furnace breaks down in the winter and asbestos is detected near the defective furnace. PatchBoyz is called in to quickly remediate the area so that the HVAC company can come replace the furnace before the house's pipes freeze.
If asbestos is detected in your home, the first thought is typically related to your health, as it should be. A topic not as often approached is that of the financial impact on the resale value of the home. It is one's legal obligation to disclose the existence of asbestos in their home at the time of sale.
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As you can imagine, trying to sell a home with asbestos is going to drastically effect its appeal to potential buyers. Not only will many afraid, but interested parties will use this as an aggressive negotiating tactic and ask for discounts, sometimes far above the cost of remediating the vents.
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Considering the time value of money and the fact that prices always go up, it often makes more sense to get the abatement and disposal done sooner than later in order to save money, take care of your health and take care of your biggest asset.
If you think you might have asbestos in your home, you're more than welcome to call us for some FREE advice. Let us know what you're planning and we'll tell you if that surface could contain or not and how you might want to proceed.
We can help you avoid common misconceptions in the planning phases of a project. An example of this is to think that because one's neighbor has no asbestos that the same is true for your home. Sometimes one home can be half asbestos and the other is not. This happens as builders finish one batch of materials and start another. This can also happen if a newer renovation has occurred and that new material is what was tested. There is no registry of which material was used where. This is why we must test.
If it makes sense for us to work together, we'd be happy to discuss this. And if we can offer a method for you to do it on your own, we'll tell you about it.
PatchBoyz is proud to be the fastest company to quote its asbestos removal services. While we consider all projects important, the quoting and removal of asbestos in Ottawa is especially important to us and our clients. While asbestos is not toxic, it is very hazardous. We strive to educate our clients in the process and instruct them on what follows the abatement and what other items they should consider.
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We've seen it happen to many times where a client has sought 3rd party testing. This consultant did not take the time to fully understand the entire projects and the considerations of such. The result is that the client ends up with insufficient tests or insufficient amounts of samples and require the consultant to come back and a separate report to be created, ultimately costing the client more money.
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In other scenarios, lack of care as described above can lead to an entire project being put on hold in order to perform more testing and then a project increasing exponentially once it is discovered that an additional material, such as plaster, popcorn ceiling or tile, contains asbestos.
If you don't have the money right away - we can council you on temporary measures and a plan of action while you acquire the funds, either through savings or financing which we could facilitate.
We always try to find a way to work with our clients and their unique situations.
Unlike some home repairs, such as cosmetic carpentry, this is a matter if extreme importance that worsens your health condition over time. It isn't something that can perpetually be put off as the risks compound over time. For this reason, we are speedy in our communications with you to put a plan of action together in order to protect you and your family.
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At the time of writing, in Jan 2025, no, there are not. In 2023 there was a home environment grant that did include a certain amount of asbestos work, but to our knowledge this is no longer available. If you're aware of a new grant that is available, we would appreciate an email so we can update the answer to this question. Thanks!
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Jud is a 14 year Asbestos Removal Type 3 & Supervisor certified remediation technician with additional experience and certifications in Mold, Lead and Finishing. He holds all mandatory safety credentials important for running a safe project site.