[MassHistPres] Lead Paint Issues

[heartwood restoration]

the guidelines stipulate that if you disrupt 20 square feet or more paint at the exterior, you must abide by the new regulations...in your case, the shutters could be removed to an offsite shop location and i don't think you or the shop would be held to these new standards....

check out this website for more (and more and more and more) information:  http://epa.gov/lead/

jade mortimer
heartwood window restoration
hawley, ma
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  From: Harnden Tavern 
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  Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:20 PM
  Subject: [MassHistPres] Lead Paint Issues


  Here's a lead paint question - I fear I already know the answer, but I know the subject has been discussed here and man of you are knowledgable on this issue, so it seemed a good place to ask..

  I work at a house museum, owned by the town of Wilmington.  The original building was built in the late 18th century, with a 19th century addition.  We have exterior shutters - in desperate need of paint - on most of the windows .  I'm not sure how old the shutters are - I suspect some of them were replaced over the years, don't know for sure.  I don't know when they were last painted.  In a nutshell, I don't know if there is any lead paint, but I probably cannot prove there is not.  Therefore, if someone were to paint these shutters, would they be obligated to abide by the new lead paint abatement laws?  If yes, is there any grant money available for this kind of project?  Because it surely sounds like a very expensive procedure.

  Terry McDermott
  Curator
  Wilmington Town Museum at the
  Col. Joshua Harnden Tavern, c.1770
  430 Salem Street
  Wilmington, MA  01887
  978.658.5475
  htavern at town.wilmington.ma.us
  http://www.town.wilmington.ma.us/Pages/WilmingtonMA_BComm/Historical/index
   
  The Wilmington Historical Commission can also be reached at the above addresses and phone number.


   


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