Where can I find this section of legislation...

[ChelC]

So, I can't remember if it's the health care bill or which crazy ginormous piece of legislation was changing standards on older homes, but I want to find it. We are having a few windows replaced on our older home. We bought this house as a complete dump, and we've replaced just about everything at this point! The basement has been gutted and redone, and what hasn't been redone upstairs has been repaired and repainted.

We are having some no name person do the windows because the places that are certified have told us that in order for them to remain certified, they now have to require us to do lead testing at the cost of $300 PER WINDOW. One place flat out said they wouldn't do windows on homes older than I think 1978. Now, our basement is almost entirely new construction. The few areas that weren't replaced have been mudded over and repainted, but that's irrelevant with this legislation apparently.

Gotta love arbitrary standards that penalize the very behavior government claims to encourage. How many people in older homes are going to be willing to upgrade to energy efficient windows if the places they call want $300 a window just to do the testing?

Do any of you know where I can find the legislation requiring this?

[ChelC]

I think I was confusing this with the energy efficiency standards in the energy bill. What I found out is that this law was changed two years ago, and went into effect a few months ago. It's interesting reading the comments here:
http://proconnection.servicemagic.com/a ... certified/

Another slam on small businesses.

[ChelC]

For the purpose of this Rule, renovation work generally includes activities modifying an existing structure and resulting in the disturbance of painted surfaces (surface preparation activities, HVAC duct work, weatherization activities, removal of building components).

Does anyone know what work will require this extra lead testing fee? Things we plan on doing next year include replacing our furnace, getting AC, and cleaning out the duct work. Are we going to get nailed with lead testing anytime we choose to hire out anything??? We do most work ourselves anyway, but we might just do everything if we're going to be paying extra all the time because of lead testing. Also, does anyone know, if the lead test comes back clean, will they still require testing every time... forever???