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Two things worth having before you ring anyone: a rough idea of the number, and the questions that separate one company from another.
Cleanup cost estimator
Four questions, and a bracketed range for biohazard, crime scene, unattended death or hoarding work. It shows its method and its limits on the page.
Open the estimatorThe six checks
What a company has to show before it appears on this site — registration, insurance, training, waste route, written estimates, references. Use it as your own checklist.
See the checksFour questions worth asking on the first call
- 1 What insurance do you carry, and can I see the certificate? Ask about pollution or environmental liability specifically. Ordinary cleaning insurance does not cover biological contamination.
- 2 Where does the material go, and under whose registration? A contractor hauling contaminated material needs a Texas transporter registration. The number is public and you can check it.
- 3 Are your technicians trained under the federal bloodborne pathogens standard? Phrase it that way. Texas licenses nobody for this work, so training and insurance are what is left to judge.
- 4 Will I get a written scope and price before any billable work? After someone has seen the property, not over the phone. And ask what is excluded — replacing a floor is usually a separate job from removing it.
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