New Lead Safety Regulations and the Environmental Protection Agency
I’m usually the kind of guy who wants to keep government out of my Minnesota Replacement Window business as much as possible and this I thought was no exception.
I received a notice from the EPA explaining the new lead certification program every replacement window contractor has to go thru in order to be certified to replace windows and siding on homes built before 1978.
I paid the fees, cleared my schedule and went to class kicking and screaming.
To my surprise after only 30 minuets I was raising my hand and asking question’s. I’ve heard about children eating paint chips and getting lead poisoning before but I thought that was in the past. The dangers to children and pregnant women when replacing windows in a home built before 1978 was real and more than a little scary.
The good news is most of what I learned in class Western Construction has already been doing for over 60 years. Most of the precautions were just good old fashion common sense.
To make a long story short its all about the clean up. We want to minimize the dust during construction, and make sure we take it with us when we leave.
Many of the Replacement Window contractors in class were complaining about the additional cost they were going to incur on every Replacement Window job they did. The truth is, they should have been doing most of these things all along. I guess its just another reason why, when its time to replace your old drafty Minnesota windows you need to call Western Construction.
