This certificate, called a Statement of Completion, certifies that Steve Atkins (the owner of Country Club Builders) has completed the training required under the Lead Safe Program.  This program is designed to protect your home environment during a renovation if your home was originally built before 1978.  Renovation, repair or painting activities can create toxic lead dust when painted surfaces are disturbed or demolished.

Lead paint is still present in millions of homes, sometimes under layers of newer paint.  Deteriorating lead-based paint (peeling, chipping, chalking, cracking, damaged, or damp) is a hazard and needs immediate attention.  It may also be a hazard when found on surfaces that children can chew or that get a lot of wear-and-tear, such as windows and window sills, doors and door frames, stairs, railings, banisters, and porches

Lead in household dust results from indoor sources such as old lead paint on surfaces that are frequently in motion or bump or rub together (such as window frames), deteriorating old lead paint on any surface, home repair activities, tracking lead contaminated soil from the outdoors into the indoor environment, or even from lead dust on clothing worn at a job site.

Even in well-maintained homes, lead dust can form when lead-based paint is scraped, sanded or heated during home repair activities. Lead paint chips and dust can get on surfaces and objects that people touch. Settled lead dust can re-enter the air when the home is vacuumed or swept, or people walk through it. To reduce exposure to lead dust, it is especially important to maintain all painted surfaces in good condition, and to clean frequently, to reduce the likelihood of chips and dust forming. Using a lead-safe certified renovator to perform renovation, repair and painting jobs is a good way to reduce the likelihood of contaminating your home with lead-based paint dust.

Lead can be found in other materials that may be disturbed during your renovation.  It is critical to properly handle the demolition so your family is protected.  Call us at (816)358-4662 and we will make sure you are protected.

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