Asbestos Removal in Coquitlam, BC

Coquitlam spans everything from historic Maillardville homes from the 1910s to 1970s-era Austin Heights ranchers, with asbestos common throughout that entire age range.

Maillardville, established in 1909 as a company housing settlement for French-Canadian mill workers at the Fraser Mills, is one of the oldest residential communities in all of Metro Vancouver west of the Fraser. The original Maillardville homes, small wood-frame workers' cottages along Laval Square and Rochester Avenue, are among the oldest in Coquitlam and have the most complex renovation and asbestos history in the Tri-Cities. Some of these homes have had three or four generations of renovation layered on top of the original construction, with asbestos-era materials introduced in the 1940s through 1970s sitting on top of the original early-20th-century fabric.

Austin Heights is Coquitlam's dense mid-century residential district, built primarily through the 1960s and 1970s. The typical Austin Heights home is a 1970s split-level or bi-level on a standard 60-foot lot, built with the full kit of asbestos-containing materials. Stipple ceilings, vinyl tile flooring, drywall compound and often asbestos-wrapped heating ducts are present in many homes in this area. When Austin Heights homeowners renovate kitchens or basement suites, the pre-renovation asbestos test is almost always positive for something. We test, document and remove so their contractors can work legally and safely.

Coquitlam also has significant multi-family and commercial building stock from the 1960s-80s, particularly around the Lincoln Avenue and Lougheed Highway corridors. These older commercial buildings and apartment blocks often have asbestos in ceiling tiles, floor tiles, pipe insulation and spray-applied fireproofing on structural steel. The Town Centre Park area has seen rapid redevelopment, but the older commercial strips to the east and the Austin Heights apartment buildings remain major sources of abatement project work.

The geographic size of Coquitlam means asbestos work here also touches properties in Harbour Chines, Ranch Park and the older parts of the city before Westwood Plateau was built. If you have a Coquitlam property and you're unsure about the asbestos status before a renovation, pre-purchase assessment or demolition, call us. We know this city's housing stock well and can give you an honest read on what's likely before we even set foot on your property.