Covering Lead Paint With Siding

Any surface painted before that year has the potential to be a lead hazard.

Covering lead paint with siding.

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. Consumer product safety commission limited the amount of lead allowed in paint. Is covering the exterior in vinyl siding our only option.

Lead poisoning is a serious health problem especially for kids age 6 and younger and the primary source of that lead is dust from deteriorating lead paint. 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. Rules call for laying down plastic sheeting at least 10 feet from the wall to collect dust and paint chips. Currently our home is covered in peeling clapboard.

How do we prep the house for new siding. Choosing to paint or put siding on your house is an important decision that will stay with you for years. Builder and editorial adviser mike guertin replies. 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.

A technique to control lead paint hazards. That sheeting is then bagged and disposed of once the job is completed. Take extra care around trim lead concentrations tend to track pretty closely to. Generally you can encapsulate old siding under a new skin of sheathing and install siding over it but check with your local or state authorities governing exterior lead paint to make sure you can cover it.

But if you live in a house with lead paint the problem doesn t have to paralyze your remodeling plans or make you wish you lived somewhere else. All stucco systems for interior or exterior lead based paint enclosures shall provide control joints to prevent surface cracking. Hi george i need to know siding options for our 100 year old home. Full scale removal isn t always necessary.

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. 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. In 1978 the u s. We wanted to paint the clapboard but believe the paint contains lead.

A high lead finding might even steer you away from painting and toward siding that safely covers contaminated paint. In some places you have to remove lead paint before re siding. 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.