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Colorado requires asbestos inspection and sampling for all home renovations and demolitions. If asbestos is discovered, Plateau Environmental will offer recommendations when renovating a house with asbestos. Asbestos ...
The purpose of this article is to give homeowners sound and usable information regarding the realistic hazards of lead and lead paint exposure. Lead paint is defined as any surface coating that contains lead in amounts equal to or greater than 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter...
As you read this article there are entire subdivisions that are rotting away from underneath, completely unbeknownst to their owners. Crawlspaces are often the favored foundation type in vast areas of Colorado up to 10,000 feet, with the depth of the crawlspace varying by frost depth. In many of our investigations, the building owner has never been in their crawlspace...
In vast areas of the country, crawlspaces have become the foundation of choice. And anyone that has a crawlspace knows what a problem they can be. In this article we are going to look at proper crawlspace design; what go...
We hear it so often: “It is so dry here, why do we have so many mold problems?” This article will explain to you in detail all of the typical places and causes of fungal colonization in buildings. The following informati...
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