Lead-Contaminated Dust Is Poisonous!
Home renovation activities that disturb lead-based paint can create a toxic dust that is harmful to you, your family and your pets.

Creative Construction Services, Inc. is a Lead-Safe Certified General Contractor in La Habra, California. As a RRP Certified contractor, we specialize in all lead safe renovation, repair and removal practices. All our employees are also RRP Certified in lead paint removal and all other RRP practices. Our RRP certification was obtained by the National Econ Corporation, an Accredited Renovation Training Program approved by the EPA and OSHA.

Starting on April 22, 2010: Remodelers, renovators, painters, drywall installers or any other Contractors working on your home (inside or out) will need to be RRP Certified by the EPA and adhere to all EPA Rules & RRP Certification requirements. Contractors providing any kind of remediation or remodeling work to your home must use lead-safe work practices. This includes lead safe renovations, repairs and painting operations on homes built prior to 1978.

So what are the EPA Rules?

1. Companies performing the work must be RRP Certified.

2. A RRP Certified Renovator must be on-site with the crew at all times.

3. The entire crew must be trained in special practices designed to minimize and mitigate lead dust     exposure

4. Crew will need to be equipped with special tools to perform the work according to the prescribed practice.

5. Your contractor must provide you with an informative EPA brochure and you will be asked to approve that     you got it.

6. Specific procedures are prescribed and must be observed so that your home, your family, your neighbors     and the workers are not exposed to lead-contaminated dust. This is the ‘meat’ of the matter.

Note: the EPA rule applies to all interior work where more than 6 square feet of paint area is involved and/or exterior work involving more than 20 square feet. Local ordinances might be even more restrictive than that!

Lead is a toxic metal that was used for many years in products found in and around our homes and work place. Lead also can be emitted into the air from motor vehicles and industrial sources, and lead can enter drinking water from plumbing materials. Lead may cause a range of health effects, from behavioral problems and learning disabilities, to seizures and death. Children six years old and under are most at risk. Most Common Sources of Lead Poisoning:

•  Deteriorating lead-based paint
•  Lead contaminated dust
•  Lead contaminated residential soil

The Facts about Lead