Category Archives: Multifamily Repairs

Why Lead-Safe Renovation Practices Matter in Occupied Buildings

Contractors implementing EPA lead-safe renovation containment barriers in an occupied residential hallway.

Renovation is about more than repairing or improving a building. In occupied residential properties, it is also about protecting the people who continue to live there while the work is taking place. For older buildings, particularly those constructed before 1978, renovation, repair, and painting activities may disturb painted surfaces that contain lead. That is why […]