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Lead Paint Certifications Due for Renewal Three years after the Environmental Protection Agency mandated lead paint training, renewal time is coming up for those who were among the first to become certified. The mandate requires that certified renovators take continuing education every three years in order to maintain their certification. Under the lead paint rule, renovation and repair contractors working in homes and child-occupied facilities (such as day care centers) that were built before 1978 must be lead paint certified if they disrupt more than six square feet of lead paint in the course of their work. All renovation contractors must also notify the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), which took over the program from the EPA in 2011, prior to beginning renovation work on pre-1978 homes and child-occupied facilities. Registration as a lead paint certified renovator is a three-step process, beginning with the completion of the one-day lead paint certification initial training. Attendees must then register as individual certifiers with ADPH and finally register their firms with ADPH. According to Sal Gray, a program director at ADPH, approximately 300 firms in Alabama have completed all of the requirements for becoming lead paint certified, with another 200 who have gone through the training course but not yet completed the registration process with ADPH. The HBAA is approved by ADPH to offer both the lead initial course as well as the required continuing education course. See page 30 for a full list of upcoming lead paint classes. Not sure if it's time to renew your lead paint certification? Contact Kory Boling, HBAA Education Director, at 1-800-745-4222 or email koryboling@hbaa.org to learn more about the program and its requirements. By the Numbers: Remodeling What's a typical return on investment for home remodeling projects? The 2013 Cost vs Value study compares the average return for common remodeling projects. Here's at look at what some projects recoup on average nationwide. 70.3% 65.2% Basement Remodel Bathroom Remodel 68.9% 63.2% Major Kitchen Remodel Master Suite Addition 46.5% 77.3% Sunroom Addition Wood Deck Addition 71.2% Window Replacement (vinyl) Source: Remodeling Magazine 2 6 | Al a ba m a Hom e bu i l d e r | Sp r i n g 2 0 1 3