Asbestos Removal Services in Helena and the surrounding areas
The presence of asbestos in a residential or commercial building is a potentially deadly danger for everyone who uses the structure. While it can often remain safely in place if undisturbed, some types of asbestos materials must be removed as soon as discovered. Others will have to be removed if they are disturbed as part of a renovation or because of damage to the building, including storm damage, fire damage, or water damage.
You might not know what to do if you discover or suspect the presence of asbestos in your building. Fortunately, Dayspring Restoration is here to help. We can respond quickly, assess the asbestos risk, and begin asbestos removal immediately. We even offer 24/7 emergency response services, so you never have to work an overnight shift or sleep in a building not knowing whether there’s a dangerous asbestos contamination in the air.
We are here to help. We are fully licensed, certified, and insured to perform asbestos removal in Helena and the surrounding areas. We can do more than remove the asbestos, too. We can replace the removed materials and perform any other necessary or desired renovations to help your house or office look good as new again.
Asbestos Removal Services We Provide
When you suspect that your home or commercial property has dangerous asbestos, Dayspring Damage Restoration Experts is ready to help with all the asbestos removal services you need, including:
- Asbestos identification
- Asbestos abatement or remediation
- Asbestos removal
- Content pack-out and restoration
- Long-term content storage
- Property restoration
First, it’s important to have an expert identify when you have asbestos in your property. Our experts will be able to identify any asbestos-containing materials. They will also tell you whether these materials are dangerous and need to be removed or are safe where they are.
We can perform asbestos abatement: containing the contamination immediately to protect all occupants of the building. Some people refer to this as asbestos remediation. This may involve sealing off areas of the building or encapsulating the materials so they won’t release fibers.
When asbestos-containing materials have been disturbed and pose a danger, it’s often best to remove them. We can perform this service to permanently eliminate asbestos from the property.
Often, we have to remove the contents of the building during the abatement or removal process. We can pack the contents out and test them for the presence of asbestos fibers. When possible, we will clean them to ensure they are safe for use. In addition, we can store these contents during the restoration process.
Finally, we can restore your property, replacing any insulation, walls, flooring, ceiling tiles, or anything else removed or damaged during the asbestos removal process.
Why Asbestos Is Dangerous
Asbestos removal is necessary because the material is very dangerous. Asbestos fibers get into the air where they can be inhaled. These fibers are highly damaging to the body’s tissues, especially the lining around the heart and lungs. The damaged tissue scars and over time, the scars develop into a type of cancer called mesothelioma. Although it can take 20 or even 50 years to appear, mesothelioma is almost always linked to asbestos.
Once diagnosed, mesothelioma is deadly. Most people live only four to 18 months after their diagnosis, though it is possible to live longer.
Some people develop another type of cancer, called asbestosis, which is not as deadly. However, there is no cure for either type of cancer, which is why it’s vital to avoid asbestos exposure.
Where You Might Find Asbestos in Your Building
In the past, asbestos was widely used because of its fire-resistant properties. This means that there are many places in a building where there might be asbestos, including:
- Attic and wall insulation
- Vinyl floor tiles
- Roofing and siding shingles
- Textured paint on walls and ceilings (including “popcorn” ceilings)
- Walls and floors near fireplaces or wood burning stoves
- Hot water and steam pipes
- Oil and coal furnaces
In the US, most construction materials containing asbestos were banned in 1989, though some asbestos uses continued until 2024. If your building was constructed in or before the 1980s, there is a high probability that it contains asbestos in some form or other.
However, not all asbestos-containing materials are dangerous as used.
When You Need to Test for Asbestos
When you purchased your home or commercial building, you likely received disclosures about the actual or likely presence of asbestos materials. At the time of purchase, these materials were, to the best of the seller’s knowledge, stable and not dangerous if not disturbed. Most of the time, you don’t need to test for asbestos simply because of the building’s age.
However, things can happen that can disturb asbestos containing materials, and then you will need to test for asbestos in the air and determine which materials need to be removed.
This might need to be done if the building is disrupted by:
- Storm damage, fire damage, or water damage
- Damage restoration
- Renovations
- Age-related building decay
When these disturb your building’s construction, you will need to test the air and materials to see if there is an asbestos presence that needs abatement.
The Asbestos Removal Process
The process of removing asbestos is complicated, because it balances the need for removal of all disturbed asbestos with maintaining the safety of people living and working in the building. Here is a typical breakdown of the process.
- Testing: Our asbestos experts will examine suspected asbestos-containing materials to determine if they likely have asbestos. Then they will test any suspect materials, as well as testing the air to determine the current level of contamination.
- Evacuation: If testing reveals the presence of asbestos containing materials and the air is contaminated, then it might be necessary to evacuate the building entirely to protect everyone while the asbestos is removed. This will include the building contents, which might need to be cleaned or replaced. If testing reveals asbestos-containing material, but the air is not yet contaminated, it might be possible to perform abatement one area at a time, allowing parts of the building to remain occupied while others are cleaned.
- Sealing abatement areas: It’s important to contain asbestos in the work area, so our experts will fully seal off the places to be treated. This includes separating them from the building HVAC, fully encapsulating them with a separate air supply, and using negative air pressure to prevent unfiltered air from leaving the work area. This can be so effective that it’s possible to safely live or work next to the abatement area.
- Asbestos removal or encapsulation: With the work area sealed, our asbestos experts can start dealing with the source of contamination. Depending on the nature of the asbestos containing material, professionals may decide to remove it, encapsulate it (seal it in place), or a mixture of both.
- Asbestos disposal: Asbestos remains toxic no matter where it is, so it can’t just be thrown out. It must first be placed in suitably sealed containers. These sealed containers may be taken either to a secure landfill or, in some cases, turned into a safe material.
- Cleanup: Once the asbestos has been sealed in or disposed of, it’s important to make sure that no asbestos remains in the air or on surfaces. Our abatement experts will clean up the entire area and test the air to verify that no dangerous contamination remains.
The entire process typically only takes a few days for a house, but large buildings can take up to a few weeks if we are cleaning areas in rotation.
Why Choose Dayspring Damage Restoration Experts for Your Asbestos Removal
Asbestos removal is a necessary but dangerous process. You should not trust it to just anyone. You need to work with a removal company that has the experience and expertise to safely handle the process.
Dayspring Damage Restoration Experts has been providing restoration and related services like asbestos removal since 1989. We are the leading restoration provider in Helena and the surrounding areas, and our reputation speaks for itself. We offer 24/7 emergency response services, so if you identify asbestos you don’t have to wait for normal business hours to start the removal process.
Unlike some removal companies, we handle every step of the process. We not only test for asbestos and seal or remove it, but we can provide restoration of the area. We will make it look as good as new after the removal.
Simple removal of asbestos isn’t typically covered by insurance, but if asbestos is disturbed by something that would otherwise be covered, such as storm damage, it might be covered. We work with insurance all the time, and we know how to submit proper documentation to your insurance company so that you can get compensation if they conclude it is covered.
