Lead-safe certified firm (RRP)
A company certified by the EPA under the Renovation, Repair and Painting rule to do paid work that disturbs paint in homes built before 1978.
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Under the EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting rule, usually called the RRP rule, anyone paid to do work that disturbs painted surfaces in a home built before 1978 must be a lead-safe certified firm and use a certified renovator who follows lead-safe work practices. The EPA names residential rental property owners and managers among the firms covered, along with plumbers, carpenters, electricians and painters.
Minor repair and maintenance that disturbs 6 square feet of paint or less per room inside, or 20 square feet or less outside, is exempt. Window replacement and demolition of painted surfaces are covered whatever the size.
An example
A plumber needs to open a section of wall in a 1965 duplex to reach a leaking pipe. The opening is bigger than 6 square feet. The plumber’s firm has to be lead-safe certified and the work done by a certified renovator, so the vendor you send matters as much as how fast they can come.
What to keep on file
- Each vendor’s firm certification and its expiry date, for any vendor who works in pre-1978 properties
- The year each property was built, on the property record
- Your own firm certification if your technicians do this work
How Now Ours handles it
Which vendors are on your list, and which certifications they need for older properties, stays your decision. Ours offers jobs to your technicians first, then your vendors, by text or in the vendor app, in your company’s name, and every message is recorded on the case. Add the lead-safe certification line to your vendor onboarding checklist.