Vermiculite cleared from an attic so a carpenter can hang the ceiling joists from a new beam
Example project
- Home
- 1970s one-story rambler in Maplewood with a bearing wall between the kitchen and the living room
- Original request
- Take out the wall and carry the ceiling joists on a flush beam set up in the attic
- Testing
- Before the beam work, the kitchen ceiling texture and a cup of attic vermiculite each get sampled by an MDH-certified inspector
- Found
- Positive: the vermiculite lying in the attic joist bays
- Clear
- No asbestos in the kitchen ceiling texture
- Area
- About 1,100 sq ft of attic floor
- Timeline
- Five-day notice, then three working days
- Cost
- $10,450
In this example, a Maplewood family wants one open room where their 1970s rambler has a wall between the kitchen and the living room. That wall holds up the ceiling joists, so the carpenter will set a beam in the attic, hang the joists from it and only then take the wall out.
