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The New Kids on the Block
April 25, 2010 – 3:24 pm | 3 Comments
The New Kids on the Block

Who’s going to fix your house now? Much has been said about the EPA lead rule, old news now and I for one am glad to move on, lets just deal with it, after all its mostly about using cleaner work practices. By The Paul What’s coming next concerns me more, non compliant companies working [...]

The Baby Killers Among Us.
March 6, 2010 – 8:45 am | 5 Comments
The Baby Killers Among Us.

April 22, 2010 Earth Day and the EPA Lead Rule gets legs. By The Paul Lets forget statistics for now, any college student can tell you statistics are for lying, for not being truthful. Statistics are an exercise in spin. 50% of all glasses are half empty and 50% are half full. 90% of the [...]

Read this Johnny-RRP compliance field tested by Cape Cod Remodeler-
January 30, 2010 – 9:13 am | 3 Comments
Read this Johnny-RRP compliance field tested by Cape Cod Remodeler-

By John Clark Cape Cod Kitchen and Bath This week, I completed my RRP Training on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I jumped into a remodel of a small bathroom in a ranch house that was actually a perfect test case of trying to comply with the RRP Rules. The house is occupied only in the summer. [...]

Get the lead out! Webinar
January 24, 2010 – 10:56 pm | No Comment
Get the lead out! Webinar

Get the lead out! Learn about the new EPA Lead rule and Prepare yourself for your first RRP Rule project. Presented by: Chris Wright, President of WrightWorks LLC, www.WrightWorks.net Sean Lintow Sr., President of SLS Construction, www.SLS-Construction.com Link To This Page1. Click inside the codebox2. Right-Click then Copy3. Paste the HTML code into your webpage [...]

EPA Approved RRP Testing Kits & Procedures
January 9, 2010 – 4:13 pm | 5 Comments
EPA Approved RRP Testing Kits & Procedures

By Sean Lintow Sr. SLS Construction Cullman County First the facts, there are only 2 ways out of testing for lead in a house built before 1978; you either have in your hands a certified report from a licensed lead inspector that no lead is present in the area you are working on, or you [...]

EPA and Lead Rule Awareness for all contractors.
January 1, 2010 – 9:59 am | 4 Comments
EPA and Lead Rule Awareness for all contractors.

Here’s a few links with the EPA Lead Rules explained by different groups. No one I know has done a plastic wrap containment or asked homeowners to take a blood test so I’m assuming we all still guessing as to how the costs and acceptance by homeowners will play out. Some links for understanding the [...]