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When a project goes right, you don’t have to think about it. The wall is gone, the debris is cleared, the hazmat is handled, and you’re moving forward — not waiting on three different contractors to show up on three different days. That’s what a real one-stop operation looks like, and it matters more in Sellersville than most places.
With a median construction year of 1970 and nearly a third of all homes built before that, the odds are good that your renovation or demolition project in Sellersville is going to turn up something — lead paint, asbestos floor tile, old pipe insulation. These aren’t rare surprises here. They’re the norm. Having a contractor who can test, certify, abate, and demo under one roof means the project doesn’t stall the moment something shows up in the walls.
Bucks County’s weather adds another layer. After the July 2023 floods that hit the county hard, a lot of homeowners in Sellersville learned the hard way that water damage moves fast. Mold starts forming within 24 to 48 hours. If you’re dealing with a flooded basement or storm-damaged structure, the last thing you need is a contractor who only handles one piece of the problem. You need someone who can respond, assess, gut, and remediate — without handing you off to someone else halfway through.
EJS Environmental Services LLC has been doing this work for two decades — not as a franchise, not as a national chain, but as an owner-operated company that actually shows up and does the job. We serve Bucks County as one of our five primary service areas, and we travel the PA 309 corridor directly into Sellersville on a regular basis. This isn’t a stretch of our territory. It’s squarely in it.
What sets us apart isn’t a slogan. It’s the credentials. We hold EPA Certified Lead Inspector and Risk Assessor status — which goes well beyond the basic certification most contractors carry. We’re also EPA/HUD compliant, which means we can legally work on federally-assisted housing that other contractors simply can’t touch. In Sellersville, where homes near the Washington House date back generations and the housing stock skews heavily pre-1978, that matters on nearly every job we take.
We’re fully licensed, bonded, and insured. We offer free estimates, cash discounts, and 24/7 availability for emergencies. No runaround, no vague quotes, no disappearing after the check clears.
It starts with a free estimate. We come out, look at the scope of work, and tell you exactly what’s involved — including whether testing for lead or asbestos is warranted before anything gets torn out. In Sellersville, where so much of the housing stock was built before 1978, that assessment step isn’t optional. It’s what keeps your family safe and keeps the project legally compliant under Pennsylvania’s enforcement of the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule.
If hazardous materials are present, we handle abatement first. That means proper containment, HEPA filtration to keep airborne particles out of your living space, and full removal before demolition begins. We don’t hand that off to another crew — we do it ourselves, with the certifications to back it up. Once the space is clear, demolition proceeds: interior gutting, wall removal, structural demo, construction debris removal, whatever the job calls for.
Before we wrap up, we pull the required permits through Sellersville Borough’s Code Enforcement process. A lot of homeowners don’t realize that unpermitted demo work can create real problems when it’s time to sell — or when an inspector shows up. We handle that paperwork so you don’t have to navigate it yourself. When the job is done, the site is clean, the documentation is in order, and you’re not left managing loose ends.
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Demolition in Sellersville isn’t a one-size-fits-all job. The borough’s mix of rowhouses, attached duplexes, and older Cape Cods each comes with its own set of considerations — especially when walls are shared and containment matters as much for your neighbor as it does for you. We account for that on every project, whether it’s a full interior gut, a targeted room demo, or emergency structural removal after water damage.
Our services cover the full scope: asbestos testing and abatement, lead paint inspection and removal, interior demolition and gutting, water damage response, mold remediation, waterproofing, and construction debris removal. If your Sellersville home has been sitting with a damaged basement since the last major storm rolled through Bucks County, or you’re finally tackling that pre-1978 kitchen renovation you’ve been putting off, we handle every step without farming pieces of it out.
For properties tied to federal assistance or HUD programs, our EPA/HUD compliance means you won’t hit a wall trying to find a contractor who’s qualified to do the work legally. That’s a gap a lot of homeowners in Sellersville don’t discover until they’re already mid-project. We’re upfront about what’s required before we start, so there are no stops, no compliance issues, and no unexpected costs that show up after the demo crew has already left.
Yes — and it’s worth taking seriously. Sellersville Borough requires permits for demolition and structural work, administered through the Borough’s Code Enforcement Officer. The building code in effect is the BOCA National Building Code, and any project that involves removing structural elements, altering load-bearing walls, or gutting a space that affects plumbing or electrical systems will typically require a permit before work begins.
Skipping that step isn’t just a technical violation. It can create real problems when you go to sell the home, refinance, or bring in another contractor down the line. Unpermitted work gets flagged during inspections, and correcting it after the fact is usually more expensive than doing it right the first time. We pull permits on behalf of our clients as part of the job — so you’re not left trying to navigate Sellersville Borough’s process on your own while also managing a construction project.
The short answer: if your home was built before 1978, there’s a meaningful chance it has both. Sellersville’s median construction year is 1970, and roughly a third of homes in the borough were built before that. Lead-based paint was federally banned in 1978, but it didn’t disappear from the homes that already had it. Asbestos was commonly used in floor tiles, pipe insulation, ceiling tiles, and joint compound well into the 1980s.
The only way to know for certain is to test. We hold EPA Certified Lead Inspector and Risk Assessor credentials, which means we can formally inspect and certify lead conditions in your Sellersville home — not just remove what we find. For asbestos, we conduct pre-demolition surveys in line with federal NESHAP regulations, which require notification to the Pennsylvania DEP before any demolition of a structure that may contain asbestos. We handle that notification process as part of the job, so nothing gets skipped and nothing comes back on you.
It happens more often than most people expect, especially in Sellersville’s older housing stock. You start gutting a bathroom or pulling out a damaged wall and find that water has been sitting behind it — sometimes for a long time. At that point, the project scope changes, and you need someone who can pivot immediately rather than stop work and call a separate water damage company.
Because we handle both demolition and water damage restoration, we don’t have to pause the job when that happens. We assess the extent of the moisture intrusion, test for mold if the conditions warrant it, and move into remediation before continuing with the demo. Mold starts forming within 24 to 48 hours of water exposure, so speed matters. Having one contractor who can handle the full sequence — water damage, mold remediation, gutting, and cleanup — keeps the project moving and prevents the kind of delays that let a manageable problem turn into a much bigger one.
Honestly, yes — and any contractor who tells you otherwise either hasn’t done much work in Sellersville or isn’t being straight with you. Homes built before 1978 require a different level of care before and during demolition. Pennsylvania enforces the EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule, which means any contractor disturbing lead paint in a pre-1978 home must be certified. Beyond lead, asbestos-containing materials were standard in construction through much of the mid-20th century, and they show up regularly in Sellersville gut renovations.
There’s also the attached housing factor. Sellersville has a significant share of rowhouses and duplexes — homes where walls are shared with a neighbor. Demolition and abatement in attached housing requires proper containment to prevent hazardous materials from migrating into adjacent units. That’s not something every demo crew thinks about, but it’s something we plan for from the start. The age and density of Sellersville’s housing stock makes certified, careful work the baseline — not an upgrade.
We offer 24/7 phone availability and emergency response — meaning someone actually answers when you call, regardless of the hour. For water damage situations especially, that response time matters. Mold can begin developing within 24 to 48 hours of water intrusion, and the longer damaged materials stay in place, the more the problem spreads into framing, subfloor, and adjacent spaces.
Sellersville sits in a part of Bucks County that has seen increasingly severe weather events in recent years. The July 2023 flash flooding that affected the county was a stark reminder of how quickly water damage can escalate. We travel the PA 309 corridor from Glenside directly into Sellersville, so response times are realistic — not the kind of “we’ll be there in 48 hours” answer you get from a company that’s treating your borough as an edge of their territory. When you call with an emergency, we treat it like one.
Yes — we offer free estimates and cash discounts on qualifying projects. The free estimate means you get a clear, itemized picture of the full scope before anything starts. No verbal quotes that shift once the crew shows up, no hidden fees for debris removal or permit filing that appear on the final invoice. You know what you’re paying and what it covers before we touch a single wall.
The cash discount is straightforward: if you’re paying cash, we pass a portion of those savings directly to you. For Sellersville homeowners managing a renovation budget on a pre-1978 home — where the scope can expand once testing reveals what’s actually in the walls — that flexibility makes a real difference. We’d rather give you an honest number upfront and work with you on the payment side than build in padding to cover surprises we could have told you about from the beginning.
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