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Redwood City Lead Paint Removal handles exterior lead paint removal in Redwood City, from wood siding to porch rails, on houses built before 1978. Before anything is scraped or stripped, the ground is sheeted and the wall contained, since California’s Title 17 treats uncontained outdoor disturbance of lead paint as a lead hazard.
About 18% of the city’s homes date to before 1950, and older wood siding can carry many layers of old paint. We plan exterior lead work in Redwood City and the neighboring Peninsula cities of San Carlos and Menlo Park.
Layers of exterior paint on lap siding can carry lead beneath a newer top coat. The routes are wet scraping and repainting, chemical stripping, or replacing boards that have weathered past saving. Testing decides which boards need treatment and which can be left alone, and the EPA renovation rule bars open-flame burning of lead paint.
Porch posts, balusters, rails and steps take weather, hands and footsteps, so their paint wears and chalks. A component that is cheap to make again can come out whole and be bagged, rather than stripped in place, while a carved or turned piece may be worth stripping under containment.
Work at the roofline means ladders or scaffolding, and anything that comes off falls a long way. Sheeting has to reach well past the wall, and debris is collected as the work goes, not at the end of the week. Window casings and corner boards are treated the same way.
Garden soil beside an old wall can collect paint flakes for decades. California names contaminated soil as a lead hazard, so the crew lays heavy sheeting along the foundation and sweeps up daily. Soil cleanup is outside our scope; if an assessment flags bare ground, it needs a separate plan.
The abatement notice works like this: the contractor files CDPH Form 8551 with the state at least five days before starting and posts the same form where the work is happening. State guidance also says the people living in the dwelling and in neighboring dwellings must be told in writing. On a street where houses sit close together, talk to the neighbors early.
The City of Redwood City designates landmarks and historic districts by ordinance. Its handout says the ordinance has no effect unless a designated structure is demolished or its exterior altered, and that Planning Commission approval is then required. Whether a plain repaint with the same colors and materials counts as an alteration is something to ask the city. The lead rules that apply are state and federal.
Scaffolding or ladders is the first question on an outdoor job. Add failing paint, boards beyond saving, strip-or-replace decisions and the notice and clearance steps of permanent abatement, and the scope can swing a long way.
An older wood-sided house has more than siding to think about. Window and door frames are on lead paint window and door work, indoor woodwork and plaster are on interior lead paint removal, and the Redwood City Lead Paint Removal homepage gathers every service.
Which part of the house is peeling, how tall is it, and when was it built? Send the street address with those answers, plus any earlier lead report. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.
Call (650) 649-4986