Jobsite Dust Control

By Robert Robillard

A good jobsite dust control strategy is essential to keeping your customer or significant other happy throughout a DIY or remodeling project. Here’s a few tips to get you started:   1. In the work area, look for ways air to enters and leaves the room. This would include sealing off doors, windows, air vents…

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High Filtration Multi-Layer Vacuum Bags

By Robert Robillard

High Filtration Multi-Layer Vacuum Bags and HEPA filters Replacing standard vacuum bags with high filtration multi-layer bags,and adding exhaust filters, prevents allergen particles from escaping into the air while vacuuming.  Using one of these bags with an active HEPA filter will ensure that you capture small particles and not release them back into the air…

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DEWALT HEPA Vacuum DWV012

By Robert Robillard

DEWALT HEPA Filter Dust Extractor Vacuum and Universal Connector System I’ve been using DEWALT HEPA vacuums for sometime now.  I have one for the job-site and one dedicated to my miter saw in my shop. DEWALT HEPA Vacuum DWV012 The DEWALT HEPA Vacuum DWV012 was designed specifically to capture  the worst types of dust:  drywall sanding, concrete grinding,…

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Dust Free Sanding

By Robert Robillard

Sanding is probably the least glorious part of any carpentry or woodworking project but also and important part of the process. The biggest problem with sanding is the dust, the mess, and the subsequent contaminating your surface when applying a finish. So whether it’s for health reasons of just a kick ass finish on your project, reducing dust…

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LEAD Dust In Construction

By Robert Robillard

LEAD Dust In Construction:  A Serious Health Hazard Lead poisoning is a serious heath problem and is more common today than most people know.  An April 2003 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine included an article concluding lead levels even below the 10 micrograms can be harmful, especially in children. The researchers wrote,…

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HEPA Filters and RRP compliance

By Robert Robillard

Does Adding A HEPA Filter To Your Shop Vac make it RRP compliant? The EPA requires that firms performing renovation, repair, and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in pre-1978 homes, child care facilities and schools be certified by EPA and that they use certified renovators who are trained by EPA-approved training providers to follow…

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Lead Paint On Windows

By Robert Robillard

Lead Paint Hazards and Older Windows If your home was built before 1978 and you still have the original windows, it’s time to seriously consider replacing your windows — especially if you have young children or a pregnant person living in the home. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the routine opening and closing…

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RRP Lead Paint Rule Consideration

By Robert Robillard

EPA Lead Paint Rule If your a contractor in Massachusetts here are a few things to consider regarding the EPA Lead Paint rules [RRP] Common renovation, repair and painting activities, including those involving sanding, sawing, grinding, scraping or demolishing lead-painted components can produce exposures to lead-containing dust and chips that can be harmful to adults…

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