Cedar Park Lead Paint Removal provides lead-safe remodeling in Cedar Park for pre-1978 houses, where pulling out an old kitchen, gutting a bath or swapping windows cuts into surfaces that may hold lead paint. EPA classes this as renovation under its Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule and administers that rule itself in Texas. Abatement is a different thing: here the job is to finish the remodel without scattering lead dust, not to strip the house of lead.
That distinction shapes who does the work and how the site is set up. We take on lead-safe remodels in Cedar Park, Leander and Lakeway.
Tearing out cabinets, backsplashes and painted drywall or plaster is demolition of painted surfaces, which EPA covers regardless of square footage. The work area is sealed with plastic sheeting, doors and ducts in it are closed off, and debris is bagged before it leaves the room. Plumbers and electricians opening walls for the same project fall under the rule too: EPA lists them among the trades that need certification when paid to disturb paint.
Swapping original windows is one job EPA always treats as renovation, whatever the area, because pulling a sash and frame disturbs painted stops, sills and trim. Door replacement is covered whenever it disturbs more paint than the minor-repair limits allow, which removing a frame and casing can do. Replacement windows installed by an earlier owner do not clear the house either, since the trim and sills around them may still be original.
Painting itself is not the problem; preparation is. Scraping or sanding old trim and walls before repainting is RRP work unless it stays within the minor-repair limits set out below. Power sanders and planers may be used on painted surfaces only with shrouds or containment, heat guns must stay below 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit, and open-flame burning is prohibited outright. Those prohibitions hold even on jobs small enough to count as minor repair.
EPA does not require testing before a remodel, but without it the rule assumes the paint is lead-based. A certified inspector, a risk assessor, or a certified renovator with an EPA-recognized test kit can show that particular components are lead-free, and those can then be worked on normally. In a 1970s Cedar Park house, where newer coats may hide the original paint, testing exactly what the plans touch can take part of the containment off the job.
The firm needs EPA certification and must put a certified renovator on the job. DSHS confirms that RRP is administered by EPA in Texas, so a DSHS abatement license is not what a remodeler needs. No more than 60 days before work starts, the firm gives the owner EPA’s Renovate Right pamphlet and either gets a written acknowledgment or a certificate of mailing at least 7 days ahead; an adult tenant also receives one when the owner does not live there.
Small jobs get a pass: disturbing six square feet or less of paint per room indoors, or 20 square feet or less outdoors, counts as minor repair. That pass never extends to window replacement, demolition of painted surfaces or prohibited practices.
EPA separates the programs by purpose. Abatement is a specialized activity designed to address lead hazards in the home, and it may be ordered by a government agency or chosen voluntarily; RRP work disturbs paint for some other reason and, in EPA’s words, is not designed to address lead-based paint hazards. If the point of stripping trim or replacing windows is to get rid of the lead, the project is abatement and needs a DSHS-certified abatement firm, notice to DSHS at least seven working days ahead, and occupants out of the home during the work. A remodel with a lead-removal goal attached is worth settling before contracts are signed.
If the paint has not been tested yet, start with lead paint inspection and risk assessment. Once the remodel is finished, lead dust cleanup and clearance testing can confirm the rooms are clean before furniture and family move back in. Other projects appear on the Cedar Park Lead Paint Removal home page.
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