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Castlemenders LLC

12607 South 1300 East
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12607 South 1300 East
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45 years of experience

Licensed General Building Contractor and active Realtor with Century-21.Home Remodeling Experts! Licensed and insured General Building Contractors since 1980. Utah and California. We build, remodel, and repair homes, condos, and apartment buildings. We buy homes in any condition! We sell, rent, and manage residential properties. We also build small commercial stores, offices, and repair small commercial buildings. Construction management, site inspections, quality assurance and progress reports. Construction defect investigations.

Licensed General Building Contractor and active Realtor with Century-21.Home Remodeling Experts! Licensed and insured General Building Contractors since 1980. Utah and California. We build, remodel, and repair homes, condos, and apartment buildings. We buy homes in any condition! We sell, rent, and manage residential properties. We also build small commercial stores, offices, and repair small commercial buildings. Construction management, site inspections, quality assurance and progress reports. Construction defect investigations.

Lead Testing and Removal questions, answered by experts

While not all homes built before 1978 contain lead paint, enough do, so you’ll still want to test to be on the safe side. The federal government banned lead-based paint for homes in 1978, but your state may have banned lead before that time. Around 24% of homes built between 1960 and 1977 contained lead-based paint, while 87% of homes built before 1940 contained lead-based paint.

Professional testing for lead paint costs about $300, ranging from about $250 to $700, depending on the square footage, accessibility, and location. However, testing for lead paint with a DIY home-testing kit costs about $25, but doesn’t guarantee accurate results. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends using a lead test kit that complies with the Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, which has strict criteria for ensuring a more accurate reading.

Common home surfaces to test for lead include:

  • Walls

  • Windows

  • Doors

  • Molding and trim

  • Railings

Sampling typically takes 1-3 hours, and depending on the provider, lab results are available within 2-7 days.

How you test for lead in your water depends on the source of your home's water supply. If you have municipal water, your local water system may offer to test the water for free or may connect you to a lab that will perform the testing.

If you have a private well that provides drinking water, you are responsible for testing it for lead. Look for a lab that is accredited by your state's Department of Environmental Protection to perform the test.

No. Standard homeowners insurance does not cover any kind of lead remediation, focusing instead on sudden, unpreventable events like fires and theft. Many insurance companies will specifically exclude lead paint removal, since it tends to be an expensive and unavoidable project. The exception is if the lead surface is damaged during a covered event (like a flood) and homeowners insurance pays its replacement.

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