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Originally Posted by Radioactive
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o Have door tested for lead toxicity* $535.00
o Hazardous waste disposal fees** $578.00
o Total price installed with new regulations $2,328.00
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I would like to point out the errors here which result in the claim that all renovations will cost 400% more. First of all, if you are paying for hazardous waste being disposed of, you don't have to test it for what it contains. If you think it's asbestos, label it so and have it disposed of. If it's lead, the procedures are listed on the EPA site.
Secondly, once anything is removed from a home under the new regulations, it's out of harm's way. Off site post testing is redundant. Both of these fees listed are not appropriate for the job described if you read the entire 100 page EPA document, which I have.
The total cost of the job would be $890 if all regs were followed under the new law and the contractor forewent testing and simply went about the job as if it had lead.
So, less than double. And that's letting him have 400 for clean up on a 340 job. I've heard of contractors adding another 150 for the exercise of putting up the plastic screen and taking it down. So, they would get a total of 640 now. And you get less of a mess.