Lead Paint Inspections Are Extremely Important

Although lead improves paint performance, it is a dangerous substance.

If not detected children with high lead levels can suffer from damage to the brain and nervous system, behavior and learning problems, slow growth and hearing problems. Lead is also harmful to adults. Adults can suffer from difficulties during pregnancy, high blood pressure, digestive problems and memory and concentration problems.

Symptoms of lead poisoning at first can easily be mistaken for a cold or the flu. Exposure to lead hazards can cause fatigue, sleep problems, dizziness, irritability, nervousness, headaches, depression, hyperactivity, wrist or foot drop, joint and muscle pain, loss of appetite and stomachaches.

How Can Lead Poisoning Occur?

One myth related to lead-based paint is that children must eat leaded paint chips to develop lead poisoning. In fact, childhood lead exposure can occur by way of ingestion of lead dust through normal hand-to-mouth contact during which children swallow lead dust dislodged from deteriorated paint or leaded dust generated during remodeling or painting.

Lead Paint Inspections

LeadSafe Inspections and Consulting, Inc. can provide an environmental lead inspection that meets your needs.

This is an inspection done in compliance with RI Department of Health Regulation 23-24.6 Pb. During this inspection an Environmental Lead Inspector conducts a room by room, substrate by substrate evaluation. During the inspection the inspector takes water, dust, soil and paint sampling. This report must be conducted in order to receive a Lead Safe or lead Free Certificate. The inspection yields a 15 – 20 page report consisting of one page for each room. This inspection is utilized by Daycares, HUD projects, rental units with a child that has an elevated lead level and a pre-1978 property owner looking to receive the $5,000 per unit RI Lead Removal/Abatement Tax Credit.

This inspection is the minimum required by RIDOH for the rental registry and is most commonly utilized by landlords complying with Rhode Island Lead Paint Laws. During this inspection a Lead Inspector or Lead Inspector Technician will not test specific substrates for lead, but will assume all surfaces to be positive for lead and must check to ensure that there is no damaged or deteriorated paint on the interior, exterior and common areas of the dwelling and that there are no binding or friction points. An example of a binding component is a door that is sticking. A few examples of a friction point are old wood on wood windows, old wood kitchen drawers with no runners and hallway stair treads with no runners on them. Once the inspector has verified that the property is in good condition by these standards he or she will take dust samples throughout the unit and in common areas to ensure there is no presence of lead toxins in the household dust. Once the inspector has signed off on the physical condition of the property and the dust samples come back from the laboratory within passing limits as set out by the State a Certificate of

Conformance will be issued. This inspection should be utilized by every landlord in the state.

This inspection is utilized by contractors and potential home buyers to identify the location of lead paint and any potential lead hazards on the interior and exterior of a pre-1978 dwelling. The inspector usually uses an XRF machine to test paint in the dwelling. It is done in compliance with RI Dept. of Health regulation 23-24.6Pb. It generates a 15 – 20 page report.

This inspection is done in accordance with RIDOH regulations after a contractor or do-it-yourself landlord has completed a remodeling or renovation project that was done in compliance with EPA’s RRP Rule. The inspector will take dust wipes only in the area where work was performed. This certificate provides proof that the contractor left no lead contaminants behind when the renovation project was completed. This inspection is required for any property owner who is applying for the $5,000 per unit RI Lead Removal/Abatement Tax Credit.

During a Visual Evaluation a lead inspector will walk through your property with you and assess the visual hazards that need to be remedied in order to pass a lead inspection. This is commonly utilized by customers who recently purchased a home and are learning about lead for the first time, customers who have property in Historical Districts where general guidance may not apply or when we arrive for a full inspection that has visual hazards preventing it from passing a full inspection. There is no formal report or certificate for Visual Evaluations, this inspection is to inform and guide the homeowner only. **Please note that a Visual Evaluation is a snapshot of what the property looks like the day we are present. Any damage that takes place between the evaluation and the full inspection must also be remedied in order to pass inspection.

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