Lead Paint Removal
A Little Lead Dust Goes a Long Way!
Lead-based paint is hazardous, and so is the dust associated with lead-based paint during a re-painting project!
We are an EPA Certified Renovator with all the training to perform all the activities in accordance with the work practices required by the EPA Renovation, Repair and Maintenance Program (RRP)
How is lead-based dust created?
Renovation, repair and painting jobs (RRP) disturb paint that may contain lead. Any activity involving surface preparation, such as hand-scraping and power sanding can generate lead dust.
Why is lead-based dust hazardous?
It’s hazardous to children! It can damage their brain and central nervous system; can cause decreased intelligence, reading and learning difficulties, behavioral problems and hyperactivity.
It’s hazardous to pregnant women! Lead paint is passed from the mother to the fetus and can cause miscarriages, premature births and low birth weight.
And it’s hazardous to everyone in the house, and our workers! Health effects of lead in adults include high blood pressure, nerve disorders, memory and concentration problems along with muscle and joint disorder .
We, as an EPA Certified Renovator, must assume that any home built before 1978 contains lead-based paint, unless we test the house for lead-based paint and the results indicate that the house does not contain lead-based paint.
Lead exposure causes permanent damage! EPA Certified Renovator status allows us to do lead safe renovation, repair and painting work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities where work will disturb lead-based paint.
Our Top Lead-Based Projects:
The Glebe House in New Castle, DE.
The Glebe House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was built between 1821 and 1833. The Glebe House as it stands today was part of The Glebe Farm and was used as The Rector’s House for Immanuel Church in Old New Castle.We were contacted by the new Glebe House owners who recently bought the house from the church to discuss the exterior of the house. The exterior paint on all the trim was in poor shape and the windows needed extensive restoration. After testing positive for lead-based paint we put a complete plan together to completely repaint and restore all the trim and windows on this house using lead-based paint safe practices.
This project was completed in late 2010 with great success.
This Old House Restoration.
The Homeowners of this old house outside Wilmington, DE loved their house along with the old style wood siding on the exterior of the house, but couldn’t keep paint from peeling off the siding after each repaint. They called us to see if there was anything we could do to help with this peeling paint problem. After investigating their problem we determined that the best way to solve their problem was to remove all the paint off the exterior of the house and start over. After testing for lead-based paint it was determined that it was lead-based paint and that all lead-based paint practices were to be in affect during all removal of paint.We completed this project in mid-summer of 2011 and are very proud of our lead-based safety practices and the job itself.
The Window Restoration Project
The Homeowners on kentmere Parkway in Wilmington DE did not want to replace their metal casement windows with replacement windows and ruin the original look of the house. The windows were in terrible shape and needed to have all the paint removed to ensure that new top coats of paint would adhere. After testing for lead-based paint it was determined that the paint on the windows and all the trim had lead-based paint and that all the lead-based paint practices were to be in affect during this project. This was quite a large house with 69 windows, 5 exterior doors, two porches and a lot of overhangs. This window restoration project was our largest yet and needed our full attention. We built a clean room in the garage for our workers and maintained strict lead-based safety procedures throughout this project. The homeowners had installed interior storm windows (casement windows need an interior storm windows due to opening outward) but we felt that we needed to cover all windows with plastic on the inside to further protect the homeowners.This project was completed in late fall of 2011 and the windows look great.
For more information on this topic go to www.epa.gov/lead/
Licenses
Burke Painting Company, LLC. is a fully licensed company with the required licenses made mandatory by the State of Delaware to work in the state and New Castle County.
- Delaware Business License No.1989020993
- New Castle County Contractor License No. LC1899
- We are an EPA Certified Renovator – certificate # R-I-18469-10-00247
Insurance
Burke Painting Company, LLC. is also a fully insured company, insured with:
- Commercial General Liability
- General Aggregate
- Automobile Liability
- Excess/Umbrella
- Workers Compensation