Chimney Asbestos & Lead Abatement

Some chimney hazards can't be swept away — they have to be abated. Cement-asbestos (transite) flue pipe, asbestos millboard and firestop around old penetrations, and lead paint on a pre-1978 mantel or hearth release dangerous fibers and dust the moment they're disturbed by an ordinary repair. Texas Service Experts handles these the only acceptable way: licensed abatement under full containment, with negative-air HEPA control, air-clearance testing, and the manifest documentation that proves the home is safe afterward. And because the same crew can then carry on with the chimney repair the abatement cleared the way for, you're not stalling between a separate abatement outfit and a separate chimney company.

What makes asbestos transite so dangerous is that it looks like harmless gray pipe. A typical contractor cuts, breaks, or pulls it during a reline and aerosolizes asbestos fibers into the home — an exposure the family may not feel for decades. We never disturb suspect transite or millboard with a standard crew. Instead we build poly containment around the work area, run negative-air HEPA scrubbers so no fibers escape, wet the material to suppress dust, and remove it as licensed abatement requires. After removal, air-clearance sampling verifies the space is clean before containment comes down, and the debris is bagged, manifested, and disposed of through a licensed waste stream.

Lead is the same discipline in a different material. Pre-1978 mantels, surrounds, and painted brick frequently carry lead paint, and grinding, stripping, or even heavy sanding without controls spreads lead dust through the house. We work to the EPA RRP rule: contain the area, use HEPA-equipped tools, and finish with clearance wipe sampling to confirm lead-dust levels are within limits before we call the area clean. For families with young children, this isn't a corner to cut.

Proof and protection are what you're really buying in abatement. A cheap crew's 'we got rid of it' is worthless if fibers or dust were released along the way. Our deliverable is a documented, tested-clean result — the containment setup, the clearance air or wipe samples, and the disposal manifest — the package your insurer, a future buyer's inspector, and the AHJ will require. Abatement comes before whatever repair or removal prompted it, and we sequence the work so you're not paying to re-mobilize.