Painting Prep Update

As you've hopefully heard from us by now, a new EPA rule went into effect one year ago that states that it must be assumed that any home built prior to 1978 has lead in the paint--unless properly tested.  Testing for us here in California is somewhat cost prohibitive (although we did do a bit of testing on some of these homes); therefore we must assume any home built prior to 1978 does contain lead in the paint.  Because of this, we are required to follow the EPA RRP (Renovation, Repair & Painting) rule and adhere to certain protective practices when scraping or disturbing any paint on these homes so as not to create lead dust and to contain any paint particles we remove.  Unfortunately, the practices are so stringent that we are not able to do any scraping on Rebuilding Day.  (However, if there is less than 20 square feet of peeling paint on the exterior, the rule does not apply.)

So, we have identified those projects doing exterior painting that need scraping, and we have scheduled prepping days throughout this month to scrape those homes.  Many thanks to the volunteers who've been Lead Certified and those who've been helping with this on a regular basis as well as Nicole Mueller, our AmeriCorps volunteer who has been dedicating most of her time coordinating these efforts!

Here's a rundown of the exterior paint conditions, and prepping that may or may not occur prior to Rebuilding Day.  If you have any questions, please let me or Nicole know (nmueller@rebuildingtogether-sv.org).

At this time we are not doing any interior prepping because the requirements for interior work is simply too difficult to manage if not done in conjunction with the painting.  It is our understanding that all interiors being painted do not require any scraping.  

Project #	Homeowner Name	Paint Prep update
120	Brazwell	<20 sf peeling exterior, no pre-Rebuilding Day prep required, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
121	Nguyen	prep will occur on 4/20
122	Segura	prep will occur on 4/9
123	Teso	tested negative for lead, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
124	PACE MoreHouse	no exterior painting
125	PACE Miracle House	no exterior painting
126	Purcell	prepped 4/1
127	Martha's Kitchen	no exterior painting
128	Rodriguez	prep will be done by Vivid Painting
129	Moore	prepped 4/4
130	Hobbs	prep will be done by Vivid Painting
131	Almanza	prep will occur on 4/25
132	Posada	no exterior painting
133	Golden Care	no prep required
134	Fisher	<20 sf peeling exterior, no pre-Rebuilding Day prep required, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
135	Bemont	prep will be done by Vivid Painting
136	Wade	House built after 1978, no pre-Rebuilding Day prep required
137	Argandar	<20 sf peeling exterior, no pre-Rebuilding Day prep required, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
138	Kotwicki	prepped 4/6
139	Ahmad, Mahmoud	no exterior painting
140	Ramirez	no exterior painting
141	Caballero	prep will occur on 4/8
142	Casa de Clara	no exterior painting
143	Young Life Capernaum	no exterior painting
144	Keith	prepped 3/23
145	Moralez	prep will be done by Vivid Painting
146	Cardenas	no exterior painting
147	Evanoff	prep will occur on 4/13
148	Velarde	prep will occur on 4/18
149	Galvan	prepped 3/28
150	Flores, R.	prepped 3/30
151	Flores, F.	no exterior painting
152	Avalos	tested negative for lead, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
153	Gaspar	prep will be done by Vivid Painting
154	Hernandez	<20 sf peeling exterior, no pre-Rebuilding Day prep required, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
155	Hannibal	prep will occur on 4/27
156	Holland	tested negative for lead, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
157	Valenzuela	prepped 4/6
158	Red	no exterior painting
159	Armas	no exterior painting
160	Chavez	no exterior painting
201	Garcia	<20 sf peeling exterior, no pre-Rebuilding Day prep required, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
202	Chen	no exterior painting
203	Truchetta	<20 sf peeling exterior, no pre-Rebuilding Day prep required, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
204	Connelly	no prep required
205	Perazzo	no exterior painting
206	Carver	no exterior painting
207	Aguirre	pergola being removed prior to Rebuilding Day
208	Morales	prep will be done by a City of San Jose contractor
209	Gibbons	no exterior painting
210	Marumoto	<20 sf peeling exterior, no pre-Rebuilding Day prep required, prep can occur on Rebuilding Day
211	Woods	awaiting decision regarding exterior painting