Lead paint

Lead paint is dangerous, especially for small children, who might eat crumbling lead paint chips or pick up lead dust on their hands, which they might stick in their mouth. Each year, thousands of children test positive for dangerous levels of lead.

Do you have lead paint in your home? Find out what safety measures you need to take if you have to deal with lead paint in your home & safely how to remove it!

When you’re buying a home, you should check for signs of lead paint, which can cause a host of health problems, particularly in kids.

Most of our renovations will be done by professionals because a) we have full-time jobs, and b) we don’t have the skills or know-how to do much of the work. While it would be nice to hire people to…

We discuss how to find the lead and cover or remove it with lead paint encapsulation and other lead blocking paint methods.

If your Seattle home was built before 1978, you probably have lead paint. Find out what you can do to keep your family safe.

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With a home built before 1978, there’s a good chance it contains lead paint. Lead paint removal cost ranges from $1,445 to $5,412, with the national average at $3,428.

When bathroom walls begin to crackle, that points to any number of factors at play. Read up on what causes peeling paint—and how to fix it.

Learn how to work safely with lead paint in your old house to protect yourself and your family.

Learn how to remove lead paint from wood safely. Prepare the work area, use efficient stripping methods, and clean up properly.

Stripping paint??? Is It Lead Paint? Before you start stripping paint in any building, it is critical to determine if the paint contains lead. If you have a home that is over 40 years old, there is a high probability that the paint in your home contains lead. Test it! If you get one positive red result anywhere in your house, assume the whole house is painted with lead paint. Be safe and follow lead safe work practices. #safepaintstripping #lead #leadpaint #paintstripping #paintremoval

If the paint in your home tests positive for lead, you can remove the paint yourself, as long as you follow certain safety procedures. Our guide will show you how to scrape and wet-sand the paint away while minimizing the risks of lead...

Lead paint was commonly used in homes built before 1978, when it was banned in the United States due to its harmful effects on health, particularly in children, animals, and pregnant women. If you own an old home with lead paint, it is important to safely remove it to protect yourself and your family from…

Rather than pay a lead abatement contractor to get rid of flaking paint in your old home, follow this guide on how to remove lead paint yourself safely.

Detecting lead in house paint can be tricky. Learn tips from Lucinda Curran on how to tell if your house paint contains lead.

Old home ownership comes with its own unique set of challenges and joys.

How to test for LEAD PAINT yourself...