Nanaimo’s Demolition Permit Rules: What Property Owners Need to Know About Asbestos
A Requirement Many Property Owners Discover Too Late If you’re planning to tear down an older property in Nanaimo, there’s a step in the process that surprises a lot of homeowners and even some contractors: the city requires a documented asbestos survey as part of your demolition permit application. This isn’t a province-wide rule — […]
Is There Asbestos in My Nanaimo Home? A Guide for Pre-1990 Owners
Why This Question Matters in Nanaimo Asbestos was used extensively in Canadian building materials until the early 1990s. Nanaimo’s history adds an extra layer of relevance: the city’s growth as a coal mining centre through the 19th and early 20th centuries left behind neighbourhoods — Harewood, the Old City, parts of Chase River — filled […]