Asbestos Removal · Allegheny County
Ross Township borders Pittsburgh's north side and had 33,176 residents at the 2020 census. Its housing was built evenly across the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, 18% in each decade, and 23% of its homes are in buildings of five or more units, which Allegheny County treats as regulated facilities.
Ross Township does not have a single building boom the way Penn Hills does. Census estimates show its 15,398 homes were built in an unusually even spread: 12 percent before 1940, then 18 percent in each of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The median home dates from 1966, and three-quarters predate 1980. That variety means there is no single Ross Township house to plan around. A street of older frame houses near the Pittsburgh line in Perrysville or Keown Station can sit a mile from a 1970s plan off McKnight Road, and the two will hold very different materials.
In the older plans, and in early developments like Evergreen Hamlet, we expect boiler and pipe insulation in the basement and plaster walls. In the 1950s houses of areas like Laurel Gardens and Highcliff, nine-inch floor tile, cutback mastic and furnace duct wrap are typical. In the 1960s and 1970s plans, sprayed popcorn ceilings, twelve-inch tile, sheet vinyl and joint compound come up more often. The inspection is the same in every case, but knowing the build year tells the inspector where to look first.
Ross also has a large multi-family stock: about 23 percent of its homes, roughly 3,500 units, are in buildings of five or more units, many along the McKnight Road and Babcock Boulevard corridors. Under the Allegheny County Health Department's Article XXI, a residential building with more than four units is a regulated facility. Removals under 160 square feet still need an undersized-project notice filed at least 10 days before work, with a short window after completion for jobs under seven square feet, and the work must be done by a county-licensed contractor. Condo owners should talk to the association before booking anything in their unit.
Ross borders Pittsburgh's North Side and is 15 to 20 minutes from downtown by I-279 and McKnight Road, with Perry Highway and Babcock Boulevard running north through the township. The calls we expect most here are testing before a remodel and floor tile removal in units and houses alike.
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