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Wayne’s housing stock is gorgeous — and it’s old. Most of it was built well before 1978, which means lead paint and asbestos-containing materials aren’t a maybe. They’re almost certainly there. When you gut a 1920s kitchen or open up walls in a North Wayne Victorian without the right certifications on-site, you’re not just taking a health risk. You’re potentially walking into a federal compliance issue.
What changes with us is that you don’t have to coordinate a separate inspector, a separate abatement firm, and a separate demolition crew. We handle the testing, the certification, the removal, and the gutting — start to finish. That means fewer scheduling gaps, no finger-pointing between contractors, and a cleaner paper trail when you need documentation for a real estate transaction or insurance claim.
Wayne’s stormwater infrastructure also matters. Radnor Township’s storm sewer system regularly gets overwhelmed during summer thunderstorms, and areas like South Wayne Avenue and Runnymede Avenue have documented flooding history. When a basement floods, mold starts forming within 24 to 48 hours. The faster a licensed crew can get in, gut the affected areas, and dry things out properly, the better your outcome — and the lower your long-term remediation costs.
We’re EJS Environmental Services LLC, based in Glenside and serving Wayne, Radnor Township, and the broader Delaware County area for over two decades. This isn’t a company that added demolition to a service menu last year. We’ve spent twenty years working on the exact type of homes that line the streets of North Wayne and South Wayne: pre-1978 construction, stone and Victorian architecture, and all the hazmat complexity that comes with it.
We hold EPA Certified Lead Inspector and Risk Assessor credentials — not just the basic contractor-level certification, but the tier that allows us to legally inspect, test, and certify lead conditions before a single wall comes down. That distinction matters in Radnor Township, where permits are required for most construction work and all contractors must be licensed with the township specifically.
When you call us, you get a real person — day or night. Free estimates, no runaround, and cash discounts available for qualifying jobs.
It starts with a free estimate and a real conversation about what you’re dealing with. Before any demolition begins on a Wayne property, we conduct environmental testing to identify what’s present — asbestos-containing materials, lead paint, mold, or any combination of the three. In a community where the majority of homes predate 1978, this step isn’t optional. It’s what keeps the project legal, safe, and properly documented.
Once the scope is confirmed, we handle the permitting. Radnor Township requires permits for most types of construction work, and all contractors must be licensed with the township before pulling them. That’s already handled on our end — you don’t need to navigate the Department of Community Development yourself or worry about whether your contractor is actually registered to work in Radnor Township.
From there, we move through abatement, gutting, debris removal, and — where needed — waterproofing or water damage restoration. HEPA filtration systems run throughout containment-sensitive work to prevent cross-contamination into adjacent living spaces. When the job is done, you get full documentation: compliance records, permit sign-offs, and whatever paperwork your real estate attorney, lender, or insurance carrier needs. Clean project, clean close.
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Most demolition companies in the Wayne area do one thing: they demo. What they can’t do is legally test for lead, certify the results, perform the abatement, and hand you a compliant project at the end. We do all of it. Asbestos abatement, lead paint removal and certification, mold sampling and remediation, interior demolition and gutting, waterproofing, water damage restoration, construction debris removal — it’s all under one roof, one contract, one crew.
That matters specifically in Wayne because of the age and character of the housing stock. Whether you’re gutting a flooded basement off Runnymede Avenue, renovating a Victorian in the North Wayne Historic District, or doing a full interior demo on a stone colonial near St. Davids, the work almost always involves hazardous materials that require certified handling. Our EPA Certified Lead Inspector and Risk Assessor credential means you’re not hiring two or three companies to get through a single project.
Wayne’s 19087 ZIP code spans three counties — Delaware, Chester, and Montgomery — and we explicitly serve all three. So whether your property falls in Radnor Township, Tredyffrin, or the Upper Merion edge of the ZIP, the same licensed, insured, and township-compliant crew shows up.
Yes — and the permit requirement in Radnor Township is more specific than most Wayne homeowners realize. It’s not enough for a contractor to be state-licensed. Radnor Township requires all contractors to be licensed with the township specifically before they can legally pull permits or perform most types of construction work. If your contractor isn’t registered with Radnor’s Department of Community Development, they can’t pull the permit — which means the work is either unpermitted or stalled.
Unpermitted demolition work creates real problems down the road. It can complicate a home sale, flag during a refinance appraisal, or create liability gaps in your homeowner’s insurance. We’re fully licensed with Radnor Township and handle permit acquisition as part of every project. You don’t have to figure out the paperwork — that’s already built into how the job runs.
If your home was built before 1978 — which describes the majority of Wayne’s housing stock, including most of the Victorians and stone colonials in the North Wayne and South Wayne Historic Districts — there is a very real probability of both lead paint and asbestos-containing materials. Asbestos shows up most commonly in pipe insulation, floor tile adhesive, attic insulation, joint compound, and roofing materials in homes of that era. Lead paint is present on virtually every painted surface in pre-1978 construction.
The only way to know for certain is testing. We hold EPA Certified Lead Inspector and Risk Assessor credentials, which means we can legally conduct the inspection, collect samples, certify the results, and perform the abatement — all without you needing to hire a separate inspector first. That’s a meaningful difference from a standard demolition contractor who can only remove materials after someone else has certified them.
Faster than most people think. Mold can begin forming within 24 to 48 hours of water intrusion, and in a finished basement with drywall, insulation, and wood framing, it spreads quickly once it starts. Wayne and Radnor Township have a documented flooding problem — the township’s stormwater infrastructure carries a significant backlog of known capital improvement needs, and areas like South Wayne Avenue and Runnymede Avenue flood regularly during heavy summer storms. This isn’t a rare event. It’s a recurring reality for a lot of Wayne homeowners.
When water gets into a pre-1978 home, there’s an added layer of urgency: the materials getting wet — drywall, insulation, flooring — may contain asbestos or lead. Disturbing them without proper testing and containment creates a hazmat situation on top of a water damage situation. We’re available 24/7 for emergency response, handle the mold assessment, perform the abatement if hazardous materials are present, gut the affected areas, and waterproof where needed — all in one engagement.
Interior demolition — sometimes called selective demo or gutting — means removing specific elements inside a structure: drywall, flooring, ceilings, cabinetry, fixtures, or entire room interiors, while leaving the structural shell of the building intact. This is the most common type of demolition work on Wayne’s historic homes, where the goal is to gut a kitchen, bathroom, or basement for renovation without touching the load-bearing stone or masonry that gives these homes their character and value.
Full structural demolition means taking down the entire building, foundation and all. That’s a different scope, different permitting process, and different equipment requirement. For most Wayne homeowners, interior demo is what’s actually needed — especially when dealing with water damage, mold, or a full renovation of a pre-1978 Victorian or colonial. We handle both, but the conversation always starts with understanding what you’re actually trying to accomplish so the right scope gets scoped, permitted, and priced correctly.
Most can’t — at least not legally and not all under one roof. Standard demolition contractors are licensed to demo, but asbestos abatement and mold remediation require separate certifications, containment protocols, and in the case of lead paint, an EPA-certified inspector to assess and certify conditions before work begins. In Wayne, where almost every home that needs gutting also has some combination of asbestos, lead, or mold, that gap between what a standard demo crew can do and what the job actually requires is significant.
We’re specifically built around this combined scope. We hold EPA Certified Lead Inspector and Risk Assessor credentials, perform asbestos abatement under EPA and OSHA NESHAP standards, handle mold sampling and removal, and then complete the demolition and gutting — all as one continuous project. For a Wayne homeowner dealing with a flooded, mold-contaminated basement in a pre-1978 home, that integrated capability isn’t a convenience. It’s what makes the project feasible without coordinating three separate contractors.
Yes, we offer cash discounts on qualifying jobs. In the Wayne and broader Main Line market, where renovation projects on high-value historic homes regularly run into significant dollar figures, cash payment is a common and practical arrangement — particularly for homeowners managing a large-scope project that involves multiple service phases like abatement, gutting, and waterproofing under one contract.
The discount reflects a straightforward business reality: cash transactions reduce administrative overhead on both sides, and we pass that savings back to the customer. It’s worth asking about when you call for your free estimate, especially if you’re managing a multi-phase project. We’ll walk you through what the job involves, what it costs, and what options are available — including whether a cash arrangement makes sense for your specific scope. No pressure, no obligation, just a straight answer.
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