Lead paint testing in Gilbert, AZ
Gilbert grew from a hay-shipping farm town into a large suburb mostly after 1980. Lead paint testing in Gilbert is for its smaller stock of older homes and the early buildings around the Heritage District.
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Does a Gilbert home need lead paint testing?
Gilbert had about 5,700 residents in 1980 and more than 100,000 by 2000. Census Bureau survey estimates for 2020 to 2024 put fewer than one in twenty of its housing units in buildings from before 1980.
Many of Gilbert’s oldest buildings are in the Heritage District, the old downtown along Gilbert Road. The historical museum uses a 1913 schoolhouse, and the water tower there dates from 1925.
Testing makes sense if your house was built before 1978, if you are buying one, or if an older building is being remodeled for a preschool or child care center. For a house from the 1980s or later, lead-based paint isn’t expected.
What we test in Gilbert
In Gilbert we test pre-1978 houses for owners and buyers, older buildings before they are remodeled, and floors and window sills with dust wipes once the work is finished. Soil sampling covers yards next to older structures.
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.
Gilbert questions
We’re opening a preschool in an older building near downtown Gilbert. Does lead paint matter?
It can. The EPA’s renovation rule covers paid work that disturbs paint in pre-1978 buildings where young children spend regular hours, such as preschools and child care centers. An inspection before the remodel shows which surfaces have lead-based paint.
Our Gilbert house was built in 1976. What should we have tested?
Start with a full inspection of the painted surfaces inside and out, recorded room by room. If a remodel is coming, give the report to your contractor before anything is sanded or cut.
Lead testing in Gilbert
Give us a call, or send the address and what you need tested.