Lead paint

When working on a home built before 1978, use these tips to reduce the risk of exposure to lead paint poisoning.

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!

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.

Chippy Lead Paint suspected on garage door. Here’s the subject, one very old, very chippy garage door. My garage has two overhead doors. Years ago it was a “drive-through” garage. This door gets opened every time I work in the garage to allow a breeze and additional light. The ONLY time I ever...Read More

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.

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

When I brought home the shell of a bed that I would eventually transform into Emma’s big girl bed, one thought popped into my mind: “Crap, this is going to take a lot of work.” Okay, I guess it was two thoughts, because the second one was that I needed to make sure that it...Read More »

If your home was built before 1980, there is a possibility that it was painted with lead based paint. Lead can cause all sorts of health problems, especially in children who have a higher chance of ingesting lead from lead based paint. Lead based paint that is peeling or chipping can get into the soil around a home causing it to be contaminated with lead. If you are remodeling, interior or exterior walls that are disturbed that were painted with lead paint might allow lead particles to be…

Lead paint is nasty stuff. If you live in a home built before 1978, it's very likely that layers of lead paint lurk on the windowsills, trim around the doorway, or walls. Not knowing if you have it in your home is scary — especially if you are pregnant or have children — so it's worth finding out. Inexpensive kits are widely available, and testing is easy, so fork over the $10, be the responsible human you are, and put your mind to ease.

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…