Ar_home_b_search
 

The new EPA rules regarding renovation, repair and painting done on homes built before 1978 now require renovators and painting contractors to get certified with the EPA's new lead based work practices. Home owners are exempt.

We are being told it will not impact us. Right! How about the home owner who does the work them selves to save the cost and it comes out terrible? Try selling that house. Or, repair work that never does get done, because of the now increased price? Those energy saving windows will never get installed.

This new law is to protect children from the dust containing lead paint, but this law is over the edge. In this economy, it is really going to sting the contractors and home owners both! 

 

3 Comments on New Lead Paint Renovation Rules

MAY
06
2010
445,106 Points 8 Featured Posts

We just had NJAR's legal team give  a legislative update at our board a week ago, and this was one of the topics.  More fun for us to deal with!
10:55am • #1
180,596 Points 25 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Deborah,

Like most things, over time the worry will disipate and become common place. It is all our responsibilities to be good stewards of our environment.

In many cases this is just not about a little dust. It is often about contractors who scrape and sand lead based paints and allow the dust and chips to fall to the ground and into the water table.

Rules and laws are put into place when common sense rules are ignored.
11:04am • #2

Deborah: I wonder if we'll see something similar down the road having to do with repairing Chinese drywall.  It's always a shame when a good idea (like no lead paint for kids) is enforced through extremes.  Hopefully the impact really will be minimal, while still getting rid of lead in homes where children are present.  Thanks for sharing!
11:06am • #3

What does the graphic say?

Leave a response…

(optional)
What does the graphic say?
 

Deborah Tremblay

Norwell, MA

More about me…

William Raveis Real Estate and Home Services

Address: 293 Washington Street, Norwell, MA, 02061

Office Phone: (781) 659-6650

Cell Phone: (617) 645-1299

Email Me

Charity begins at home.


Links

Archives

RSS 2.0 Feed for this blog

Find MA real estate agents and Norwell real estate on ActiveRain.