Affordable Environmental Inc

Description of Work: We had them come out and treat our property for ants, insects, pest control for the house.

Description of Work: Nothing, I called them twice and they took a message but never called back.

Description of Work: I got a quote for asbestos removal from Affordable Environmental. The quote came very quickly and seemed reasonable, though I have not yet had the work done yet.

Description of Work: Date of service: 9/19/2015 Cost of service: $1500.00

Description of Work: Affordable Environmental was one of the most responsive companies I've contracted with. Questions over the phone were answered, removal was prompt, and when follow-up cleanup was necessary, they came back quickly and did more. Explanations were very complete and easy to understand. Recommend highly.

Description of Work: It went great. They did a great job of cleaning the old asbestos tape off the basement joists and heating register ducts.

Description of Work: They removed vinyl flooring, containing asbestos, and the particle board underneath in two bathrooms.

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Description of Work: Removal and disposal of asbestos flooring prior to remodel of kitchen. They arrived on time, did their work, bagged everything and removed it. Good job.

Description of Work: Older home; needed 1300 SF crawl space to be cleaned out. Contractor discovered possible asbestos and stop job. Had to find Asbestos abatement contractor. |The pros : They are a full service contractor, Inspection , lab and asbestos removal. With other Asbestos removal contractors, we would have to use separate Inspection and Lab contractors. That meant dealing with 3 separate contractors. We needed this done ASPAP. |The Cons: Very poor communication. The work site leader, Louis, didn't update us on the job status, they just left for the day. When Louis was asked what was going on, it was very hard to understand his broken English. I had to call the office a couple of times to find out what was going on. The vapor barrier they replaced was the wrong kind and wasn't secured properly, according to my Insulation installers.

Description of Work: Removed 445 sq ft ceiling texture containing asbestos. Contacts and responses a bit disorganized. Arrived early for the job, then drove away as I watched! After calling them back, they said they thought we were still asleep (maybe they could have tried knocking?). Anyway they got right down to it and all went well after that.

Description of Work: Estimate for removal of popcorn ceilings

Description of Work: Estimate to have some ducts removed.

Description of Work: Very professional and responsive to my inquiries.

Description of Work: Removal of asbestos popcorn ceilings

Description of Work: I hired Affordable Abatement to tear down my deceased father’s house. Here’s the catch: My father was a hoarder, not to mention extremely paranoid. Ever watch, “Hoarding, Buried Alive”? I’ve yet to see a hoarder on that show that can beat my dad. For a while, my brother and I tried cleaning it out, but gave up. The mess and the stench was to overwhelming. I was ready to throw in the towel; just have it torn down, mess and all, and hauled away. I made some inquirees with people I knew and got a few recommendations for contractors that did residential demolition. I have to tell you, if you’ve never done this before, it’s harder then you think to find someone competent; that really knows what they’re doing. The first guy I called in the summer of 2010, long before we were ready, but I wanted to get a feel for the cost. He came back surprisingly low (probably to low) because when called him back a year later, I couldn’t get him to return my calls; left several messages and sent several emails – even said that I would understand if the old estimate needed to be revised because so much time had past. The 2nd guy I called was nice enough, gave me his estimate, and advised me I’d need to have the house checked for asbestos, which he was not licensed to do. He also advised me that I needed to have the septic tank decommissioned. Based on that advise, I made some other calls to plumbers; all of which came back at about $1000 as an estimate (remember this – I’ll get back to it later). Sooo…knowing I needed to have the house inspected, I went on the Washington Clean Energy website who provides a list of companies that can test and do asbestos abatement (at the time, I thought they were one in the same. They’re not). A couple places I called mentioned that they would like to bid on the demolition as well as the asbestos testing/abatement. Tony from Affordable Abatement was one of them, and also one other. Tony was a pro from the start; always called right back, did the inspection the next day, and emailed me his estimate which included very specific details as to what’s included (including using existing soil to fill in the basement and separated out the costs for the asbestos testing and abatement). The other place sounded great…at first. They to were quick to give me an estimate, although it wasn’t nearly as detailed as Affordable’s. They were a little cheaper then Affordable’s with the abatement, and allot cheaper with the demo, but here’s where you really need to be careful. 1st, the asbestos testing (Talking about the “other” company here): They were supposed to do it the next day, however, I didn’t hear from them, nor the next day, or the day after that. I sent an email. No response. Sent another email. Still no response. Called and left a message. Finally got a response the following week. They felt so bad about being late they offered to wave the fees, which, I admit, got them back in my good graces. It also occurred to me that I should make sure they’re estimate included everything Affordable’s did. Good thing, too, because it wasn’t even close, which explains why their’s came in so much lower. If I wanted the basement filled, they were going to have to give me a new estimate. They went there, said they’d send off the samples, and should have test results in about a week and would get me a revised estimate. A week came and went and I didn’t hear from them, so here we go again – sent emails, made phone calls, and about a week later, finally got an email with an attachment, that was supposed to be the revised estimate, except, when I opened it, it was so tiny, you couldn’t read it. Not sure what program they used, but you couldn’t enlarge it or do anything. I replied to the email, told them I couldn’t read the attachment, and asked if they could resend it using a different program. A couple days later, I got another email, but with the same (useless) attachment. Again, I replied that it was to tiny to be ledgeable. The woman I spoke with couldn’t figure out what she was doing wrong, and asked if she could just fax it, which was fine, and which she did, except…no estimate. Just the asbestos test results. At that point, although I was glad to have the test results, I gave up on them. I called Tony from Asbestos, he immediately emailed me the contract, which I signed, and also sent him the permit application from the City of Bothell (where the house is). Now, remember when I said one of the other guys said I would need to have the septic decommissioned, and it was going to cost $1000 to do that? Here’s the thing:: Decommissioned ain’t good enough for Bothell. They want it removed. Had I had it decommissioned, I would have wasted $1000. I told this to Tony who said he could take care of that too. I faxed the application into the City of Bothell on a Friday. The very next morning, I got a call from the Bothell Fire Department. The house had burned down. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but now the house was completely unsafe. Bothell wanted it torn down ASAP. I called Tony, and he was on it that very next Monday – would have been ready to start the next Tuesday, but Bothell wasn’t quite ready as I needed a couple special permits from them also. There is so much more then you could ever imagine to tearing a house down, but Tony knew it all – truly an old pro; he knew exactly what to do with L&I, and when the subject of my dad’s oil tank came up (I’d actually forgotten about that part), even handled that too. That’s the thing about Affordable; they can do EVERYTHING – Asbestos, oil tank removal, septic tank removal, house demo (and they’ll know what you need without you having to ask), oh, and get this – one thing I wanted was a stepping stone I’d remembered finding when I was a child. My intention was to find it myself, but when I mentioned what I was doing, 2 guys off of that crew dropped everything and spent 2 hours trying to find that d*** stone. We never did, but I was so deeply touched at the effort they put into it, I d*** near cried.

Description of Work: Removed and disposed of 42 square feet of asbestos-contaminated sheet vinyl in our laundry room.

Description of Work: Affordable Environmental removed 200 square feet of popcorn ceiling texture that had asbestos in it.

Description of Work: Removed popcorn ceiling in 2 story home @ 2600 sq ft. removed old vinyl flooring @200 sq ft from basement

Description of Work: Removal of popcorn ceiling which tested positive for asbestos. And some linoleum flooring that also had asbestos in it.

Description of Work: We hired this company to remove some asbestos-containing vinyl flooring.

Description of Work: They came out and removed about 1000 square feet of popcorn ceiling that was affected with asbestos.

Description of Work: We had approximately 500 square feet of asbestos popcorn removed from the ceiling. The area consisted of three bedrooms, a hallway, living and dining rooms. The crew said it would take two days and the first day is sealing the interior and ducts so they can control and monitor the airflow while scraping. That took all the first day then the second was scraping and cleaning.