On Feb 8 ,2010 I went to the new lead class to become a lead renovator. I believe the cost was $250 and following this you still want to apply over at the Environmental Protection Agency that is cost more money too $300. This class requests a 4 hour review every five years also the three hundred dollars license for the EPA at five years. In addition dropping a day of labor and sitting through what might be probably the most dull class I have yet finished. Trust me that it is dreary and this coming from some one that learned the way to do search engine optimization by doing analysis on the internet (extremely mind-numbing, but additionally an excellent use of time in contrast to this class).
I was sitting in this schoolroom for only a quarter-hour & I came to the conclusion I could with out problem pass the class with out the 8 hours of my own time I was required to squander away. The lecturers at IEE really recognize tire you to demise. They pretty much tell you what will probably be on the test three different occasions, you'd must be lifeless to not get the correct answers. The bottom grade in our course eighty eight % and you pass 70 percent|%} or above (one thing I might have executed with out the course). In case your questioning what grade I achieved a a hundred on my test, many other did too, should this mean we're good? No simply the test is common sense and also you'd have to have serious issues to not pass.
There were some subjects within the course like the two hours hands on training but a good majority of that the teachers showed us was obligatory. The teachers illustrated to us the correct way to put up a containment barrier on a entry way. That integrated 2 sheets of poly 1 as a flap plus one with a slit. Covered when we would make use of this training and when our companies did not. Additionally they covered clear procedure and who is allowed to run the cleansing check. This also covered signage and paperwork needed on site.
This is the stupid part of the new regulation. Houses built pre 1978 should be alleged to have lead paint and process should be followed. If we would like to skip procedure cause we realize it's lead free, were not allowed, even when a EPA test kit return negative. Additionally we are not allowed to make use of a EPA approved lead take a look at to test for lead (Not in MA). The only thing we are able to do is phone a lead inspector or send off a sample to a licensed lab. If at that time it comes back negative then we needn't follow the new law. One other part of exterior process is to put plastic down from the outside wall out 10 foot. Here's the issue with that it is not safe to be on a ladder thirty ft in the air if the ladder is on poly. I told the teacher this and so they said set it on plywood which is not secure additionally & against OSA Regulations. I mentioned this and so they stated slit the plastic put the legs of the ladder in the holes in the plastic and fasten the poly to the legs of the ladder. I then said to him, "Are you aware how many times I need to move about a ladder prior to the end of painting a home? How about near a 100 different times" the teachers didn't respond to that observation.
So these laws reduce the quantity of lead entering in to homes. Additionally they increase the cost of painting and remodeling a house constructed earlier than 1978 some instances with out need as they aren't always lead positive. Power washing these homes by the painting company is not doable the regulations are too complex on this. In conclusion if you have children these legal guidelines are nice & you will pay additional money now when you need to have your home painted when you've got a home built before 1978. As a painting contractor this couldn't have come at a more bad period with the financial system at a all time low adding the extra $700 to twelve hundred dollars per home to cover the regulation is not going to prove great for us. Property owners are routinely turning down bids that are 50 percent of what they had been in 2004. The additional price may also having me giving more bids and landing less percentage of jobs. Oh by the way the monetary fine for non compliance is $37500 sufficient to bleed dry most contractors in this economy.
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