Covering Lead Paint With Siding

Hi george i need to know siding options for our 100 year old home.

Covering lead paint with siding.

Full scale removal isn t always necessary. Choosing to paint or put siding on your house is an important decision that will stay with you for years. Rules call for laying down plastic sheeting at least 10 feet from the wall to collect dust and paint chips. Builder and editorial adviser mike guertin replies.

In some places you have to remove lead paint before re siding. Both finishing styles require a large investment of money time and work and so great consideration needs to be given to the comparative costs both initial and long term of each method. The danger for lead paint with children is that it has a sweet taste which makes them want to chew on sills and eat paint chips. How do we prep the house for new siding.

Currently our home is covered in peeling clapboard. Take extra care around trim lead concentrations tend to track pretty closely to. Encapsulation is less expensive than lead paint removal and it s actually safer since it doesn t release lead dust or debris into the air. Lead based paint is a health hazard to children and adults because the dust chips and fumes can be ingested or inhaled.

Painting over lead based paint also known as encapsulation is an effective lead paint remediation technique. But that doesn t mean that rrp rules don t apply to siding jobs where lead based paint does exist. In 1978 the u s. All stucco systems for interior or exterior lead based paint enclosures shall provide control joints to prevent surface cracking.

A technique to control lead paint hazards. We wanted to paint the clapboard but believe the paint contains lead. That sheeting is then bagged and disposed of once the job is completed. Other recommendations in general notes shall also apply.

A high lead finding might even steer you away from painting and toward siding that safely covers contaminated paint. Is covering the exterior in vinyl siding our only option. If the lead paint is covered with new coats of lead free paint and it isn t peeling then you should be pretty safe from your new baby being exposed. Stucco applied to metal lath on furring strips stucco may be used to cover lead based paint on interior walls and ceilings and exterior surfaces of many.

Consumer product safety commission limited the amount of lead allowed in paint.