Lead Testing Services

Whether you're:

  • a homeowner concerned about the safety of your family
  • a landlord concerned about your tenant's safety
  • a remodeling contractor concerned about your client's health ...

Testudo offers multiple lead testing services that could save you thousands of dollars on your remodeling project. Unlike other lead testing companies, we use an X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzer during our inspections. These analyzers provide instant data, letting the building owner or contractor know immediately if lead is present. We can also test dust, soil, and water for lead content as well as the typical paint chip. Our lead testing services are ideal for homeowners, remodeling contractors, schools and daycares. Hiring a lead testing firm like Testudo is the only approved test method under the Wisconsin's RRP rules.

Pick up the phone and call (608) 205-8025 or email info@testudoonline.com to schedule your lead testing today!

We offer three lead testing services: Partial Lead Inspection, Full Lead Inspection and Risk Assessment

Partial Lead Inspection

Whether you're planning for remodeling work in a home, school or daycare, a partial lead inspection could save you thousands of dollars given Wisconsin Department of Health Services' (DHS) latest regulations for lead coatings. In an effort to reduce lead poisoning across Wisconsin, DHS is requiring contractors follow certain lead-safe work practices when remodeling coated surfaces in homes built before 1978. These work practices require extra time and material.

But, if you can prove that no lead paint will be disturbed in that area of the home, school or daycare, the contractor does not have to follow the lead-safe work practices.

This Partial Lead Inspection will only test the areas that will be disturbed in an upcoming renovation or areas of special interest. If you are planning a kitchen renovation, only the painted (stained, shellacked or varnished) surfaces that will be disturbed during the renovation will be tested. If lead is found, your contractor will need to be a Lead Safe Renovator. If no lead is found, your contractor does not need to take any special precautions for lead-based paint. This inspection also provides peace of mind for individuals concerned about certain areas of their property, like child play areas, for instance.

This inspection only tests building components within the specified area, so that means no toys, dust, water or soil samples.

Full Lead Inspection

Whereas the partial lead inspection concentrates on a specific area of a home, school or daycare, with our full lead inspection we will test every surface coating on the property.

The full lead inspection is ideal for people concerned about surface coatings throughout an entire property, whether you're simply concerned about the overall health (or live-ability) of a structure or planning for a large remodeling job.

This inspection only focuses on building components, so that means no toys, dust, water or soil samples.

Risk Assessment

During a risk assessment, Testudo will evaluate whether deteriorated surface coatings pose a danger to a structure's occupants. Deteriorated surface coatings (paint, stain, shellac, and varnish) are tested using an XRF analyzer. Areas where children eat, sleep or play are analyzed for lead-dust hazards through dust wipe sampling, and areas with bare soil are sampled for lead contamination. At the completion of the assessment, the building owner will be given informatoin on how to safely deal with the lead hazards that were found. This service is ideal for homeowners, landlords, schools and daycares.

Background

Lead paint was banned from consumer products by 1978, but it still remains in over 24 million homes across the U.S. The health effects of lead are many: Lead poisoning can lead to hearing loss, reproductive problems and brain damage, including learning disabilities and memory loss. Attention deficit disorder and behavioral problems are very common in children with lead poisoning.