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Irving Lead Paint Removal arranges lead risk assessment in Irving for homes and rental units built before 1978 that people are living in. An inspection and a risk assessment answer different questions. In EPA’s words, an inspection locates lead-based paint throughout a home, while a risk assessment identifies current lead hazards and ways to manage them. In Texas, the person doing either one must hold DSHS certification.
The result is a written report that ranks the hazards and lays out repairs or abatement, which is what an owner or manager needs before spending money. We set up risk assessments in Irving and in nearby Farmers Branch and Euless.
The assessor walks the home looking for paint that is peeling, chipping, chalking or cracked, works out how far the damage goes and why, and tests deteriorated paint on friction and impact surfaces such as doors, jambs, window sashes and stair treads. Moisture behind a wall or a door that has dropped on its hinges can be the cause, and the report should say so, because fixing the cause is part of controlling the hazard.
Dust is how lead paint reaches people, so the assessor wipes floors and windowsills in the rooms where young children spend time, and in apartment buildings adds hallways and other common areas they use. A laboratory analyzes the wipes. EPA revised its dust-lead terms and values in a 2024 rule, and whether Texas follows them yet is an open question we could not settle, so no figures appear here; ask the assessor which values the report applies.
Paint that weathered off an older house can end up in the soil along the foundation, and bare patches in a yard or play area can be tracked indoors. The assessor samples bare soil in play areas, along the dripline and in the rest of the yard where it is exposed. Soil cleanup itself is outside what we offer; the report will tell you whether it is needed and what kinds of control exist.
The report lists each hazard with its location, the test methods and lab results, and options for dealing with it: interim controls such as paint repair, door adjustment and specialist cleaning, or abatement that removes or encloses the lead-based paint. It suggests priorities and, where encapsulants or enclosures are proposed, a maintenance schedule. Ask for it in writing and keep it, because a landlord who has a report must disclose it to future tenants.
Federal rules do not require a private landlord to order a risk assessment, so the decision is a practical one. It makes sense when a tenant reports peeling paint or a child with a raised blood lead level, before a turnover in a unit that has not been looked at for years, before a renovation budget is set, and when buying a pre-1978 rental property. In a vacant unit the assessor can reach every room, but an occupied unit shows how people actually use the space.
A full inspection tests every painted surface and reports which carry lead-based paint, whatever their condition. It is the better choice before a sale, when you want to know the whole picture for disclosure, or before planning abatement of a whole house. A risk assessment is narrower in one sense and broader in another: it tests only deteriorated paint, but it adds dust and soil. Some evaluations combine the two. Should a certified inspector declare the housing lead-free, the federal disclosure duty no longer applies to it.
Once the report is in, rental property lead hazard control covers repairs and turnover work, and interior lead paint abatement covers a permanent fix. Irving Lead Paint Removal lists everything else we do on its home page.
Send the address and year built, say whether the home is rented, owner-occupied or vacant, and describe what prompted the request, such as peeling paint, a tenant question or a planned renovation. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.
Call (972) 793-8562