Testing for lead paint with a home test kit is a fairly straight forward process. The important thing to remember is that you need to test ALL the layers of paint and not just the top layer.This is the #1 reason for false negatives! Step #1 Clean the Surface Wipe the surface you are ...
Insurance Coverage For Lead Paint Claims: A “How-To” for Landlords and Residential Property ManagersInsurance Coverage For Lead Paint Claims: A “How-To” for Landlords and Residential Property ManagersAfter a brief lull in the late 1990s, suits against building owners, landlords, building manager...
Label paint cans with the room they are specifically used in and the color name to have easy access in the future. It can help to write the room and color name on your stir stick and keep it as well. This can make it easier to get the color matched later on if a fresh coat is ...
If you're working traditionally on paper, be sure to start out light and gradually build up volume and forms with heavier lead only as you get to the end of your study. From here, you can use the planar view as a guide to help lay in the forms of your own hand as you look at ...
Go ahead and take off the outlet covers and switch plates so you don’t have to worry about being neat and avoid getting paint on them. If you want to tape off the edges of the room with painter’s tape, now’s the time to do it! Be sure to press down firmly to get a nice,...
Only brands with independent certification, or those with ingredient lists that have been independently verified by The Good Shopping Guide, receive a top rating under this criterion – even if they have products labelled as ‘vegan’ or ‘vegan friendly’. This is due to the fact that the ...
In this post I’d like to share some of the “behind the scenes” stories from the team involved in the project, with a particular focus on lessons learned and implementation best practices. I’d like to thank in particular Ken Disbennett, Creative Director, and Alex Barkan, Lead Developer...
Testing for lead paint is an easy and inexpensive process that you should perform before remodeling an old home.
— to really understand how they move from their first contact to the final purchase. You don’t have to get bogged down in the details, though. You can categorize it into broad stages: awareness, consideration, and decision. Some data points I always check include: Website visits Social ...
Don’t get us wrong. We love some insight-rich open-ended questions as much as the next person. But, as they say, excess of anything is bad! It’s already a challenge to get more customers to take the surveys, and if you add more than the required open-ended questions, it’s noth...