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Which property and work are you selling?

The cited Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) guidance concerns paid renovation disturbing paint in relevant pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities. Building age and use, actual paint information, surfaces, work and affected area matter, together with the defined exceptions.

Repainting and window replacement in one quotation are still different tasks. Window replacement, demolition and prohibited practices need particular attention under the exception rules. New-looking paint or describing the job as minor does not establish a lead-free or minor-work exception.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Program overview; firms; activities and exceptions

Check the business as well as the worker

Permission to use the brand does not supply the undertaking firm’s certification, and a worker’s training does not substitute for that firm record. Identify the firm, people performing/supervising work and any subcontractor.

Covered delivery may involve training, pre-renovation education and work practices as well as customer communication and waste arrangements. Include those applicable costs before copying a home-market whole-house price.

State-authorised lead programmes and state/local contractor or trade requirements need separate attention. The federal RRP starting point is not a complete contractor licence.

Scope

  • No job-specific exception, lead-safety method or contractor authorisation is established.

Next step

Screen the actual property and tasks, then establish the firm and individual requirements before covered advertising or work.

Sources & review notes

The source records distinguish access dates from substantive review dates. Updating an explanation does not itself recheck the law.

Renovation, Repair and Painting Program: Contractors

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Passage, dates and research notes

official-guidance · Program overview; firms; activities and exceptions

Firms cannot advertise or perform renovation activities covered by the RRP Rule

Accessed: 2026-11-12T21:21:26.448490+00:00 · Meaning reviewed: 2026-11-12T21:29:10.023446+00:00 · Next review target: 2026-12-12

Read actual scope, certification, lead-free and minor-work exceptions, window replacement and demolition caveats. No case-specific exemption is approved.

Detailed rule records (1)
Review lead-renovation scope before covered advertising or work Depends on the facts

Confirm firm certification, qualified people, education and work-practice requirements for the actual job.

When to check: Before advertising and undertaking covered renovation. Source review: 2026-11-12T21:29:10.023446+00:00.

Renovation, Repair and Painting Program: Contractors
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