Lead paint testing in Cave Creek, AZ
Cave Creek goes back to the 1870s, but most of its homes were built in 1980 or later. Lead paint testing in Cave Creek is for the older houses, cabins and outbuildings that came first.
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Where lead paint testing fits in Cave Creek
Soldiers from Fort McDowell settled the area in 1870, gold was found here in 1873, and the town didn’t incorporate until 1986. Roughly one home in six in Cave Creek is older than 1980 in Census survey figures for 2020 through 2024.
Some of the oldest buildings still stand. The 1920 Cave Creek Inn and a 1925 service station now serve food, and the Cave Creek Museum keeps a cabin built in 1920 for a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Testing is worth doing for a house, cabin or outbuilding from before 1978, especially before a remodel or when young children will live there. A house built in the 1980s or later is a different case: lead-based paint had been off the home market for years by then.
What we test in Cave Creek
Lead-based paint inspections of older homes, cabins, barns and sheds, limited lead testing of a single structure, soil sampling along painted structures and in play areas, and dust wipe clearance once indoor renovation is done.
Lead Based Paint Inspections
A surface-by-surface investigation to determine the presence of lead-based paint, and a report explaining the results.
Limited Lead Testing
Testing narrowed down to the sections of a home that the homeowner or contractor specifies.
Soil Sampling
Soil sampling for lead contamination in the soil surrounding a house.
Dust Wipe Clearance
Dust wipe sampling to find out whether the dust in your home contains lead.
Cave Creek questions
Can you test a painted barn or shed on a Cave Creek property?
Yes. The analyzer reads painted wood and metal on an outbuilding the same way it does inside a house. If old paint has flaked onto the ground, soil samples along the walls show whether lead is in the dirt.
Our Cave Creek house is from 1990, but the guest cabin is much older. Can you test just the cabin?
Yes. That’s limited lead testing: it can be narrowed down to a detached structure. Tell us which buildings you want tested and we’ll limit the testing to those.
Lead testing in Cave Creek
Give us a call, or send the address and what you need tested.