Garland Construction Cleaning Services

Half of Garland Was Built Before 1978, the Federal Lead Cutoff

The median Garland home was built around 1978. That is not a rounded number. It is the exact year the federal lead-paint rule uses as its cutoff. Only about one and a half percent of the city predates 1950, so this is not a historic housing story. It is a large, uniform group of houses built either side of one line.

The EPA lead rule covers paid work that disturbs paint in homes built before 1978. It kicks in above six square feet of interior surface, a low bar for any real renovation. It calls for lead-safe work practices. It also calls for cleanup followed by cleaning verification or clearance testing. On roughly half the houses in Garland, that rule is in play.

So the first question on a Garland quote is the build year, not the square footage. Tell us roughly when the house went up. On a covered job, cleanup is a regulated step with a check at the end, not the last item on a punch list.