{"id":1450,"date":"2022-04-21T11:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/?post_type=community&#038;p=1450"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:37:38","slug":"was-your-home-built-before-1978","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/community\/was-your-home-built-before-1978\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Your Home Built Before 1978?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>CertaPro Painters\u00ae <a href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/epa-lead-services\/\">EPA RRP Lead Certified Services<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>If your home was built before 1978 it is vital to ensure that the contractor you are working with is EPA RRP Certified. When you work with CertaPro Painters\u00ae you know your lead-based paint project will be handled in a safe manner that complies with regulations from the EPA.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2008 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a mandate that has had a significant impact on the remodeling and <a href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/residential-painting\/services\/\">home improvement<\/a> industry. The Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP) has changed how painting and other renovation contractors approach working on buildings built before 1978, as well as all <a href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/commercial-painting\/segment\/school\/\">schools<\/a>, non-profit buildings, government buildings, and hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Trust your painting project to your local CertaPro Painters who are <a href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/epa-lead-services\/\">EPA RRP Certified<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1448 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project.jpg\" alt=\"EPA Lead Certified Painters CertaPro Greater Media, PA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1111\/2022\/04\/Lead-Remediation-Project.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CertaPro Painters\u00ae EPA RRP Lead Certified Services If your home was built before 1978 it is vital to ensure that the contractor you are working with is EPA RRP Certified. When you work with CertaPro Painters\u00ae you know your lead-based paint project will be handled in a safe manner that complies with regulations from the<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/community\/was-your-home-built-before-1978\/\">Read the full article <em class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1450","community","type-community","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/1450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/1450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/greater-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}