Around town: asbestos questions by part of the metro
A 1910 Capitol Hill apartment building and a 1965 Lakewood ranch hide different materials. These pages describe typical housing eras and building types in parts of the metro, which suspect materials tend to come up there, and which building department to ask about permits. Always confirm details for your own address.
- Capitol Hill, Denver: asbestos questions in old mansions, walk-ups and towers
Few Denver neighborhoods pack as many building eras into as few blocks. Converted mansions, brick walk-ups and mid-century high-rises each bring their own set of suspect materials, and most of them are multifamily.
- Harvey Park and southwest Denver: asbestos in mid-century ranch homes
Southwest Denver filled in quickly after World War II with single-story ranch homes. They are popular for updating, and updating is exactly when mid-century materials get disturbed.
- Aurora: how asbestos questions change from older north Aurora to newer neighborhoods
Aurora is large and spread across three counties, and its housing ages vary dramatically by area. A useful first step is knowing which part of Aurora you are in and when your building went up.
- Lakewood: asbestos in post-war ranches, bi-levels and split-levels
Much of Lakewood was built in the decades after World War II, and its split-levels and bi-levels have a layout that puts several suspect materials in the same few rooms. Here is where to look and who to call.
- Englewood: asbestos questions for small older homes and Broadway storefronts
Englewood is one of Denver's older inner-ring suburbs, with modest early homes, post-war cottages and a long commercial corridor along South Broadway. Homeowners and small business tenants face different versions of the same questions.
- Littleton: asbestos questions by building era and jurisdiction
Littleton has a historic downtown, a ring of mid-century and 1970s neighborhoods, and a large area with Littleton mailing addresses that is not actually in the city. All three matter when planning work that might disturb asbestos.
- Westminster: asbestos in older subdivisions, from hail repairs to basement remodels
Westminster straddles Adams and Jefferson counties and grew from an older southern core into newer neighborhoods to the north. The older areas, plus frequent hail claims, shape the asbestos questions owners face.