by Joe Levitch | May 28, 2024 | Lead Detection, Uncategorized
I just had a wonderful day of RRP Refreshment. It is hard to believe it has been 3-years since my last online class. It just sneaks up on you. The curriculum hasn’t changed much from the initial class but the booklet was updated and I think it has been...
by Joe Levitch | May 17, 2024 | Healthy Homes
Lead Locators is the proud new USA distributor of Lumetallix lead test kits. One kit will allow someone to do at least 100 tests. The green product is full strength and can test down to 500 PPM. That is 10x more than is needed for Professional Use. Why you ask? I have...
by Joe Levitch | May 4, 2024 | Healthy Homes, Lead Detection
This was a common phrase my dad used to say. It had to do with teaching a work ethic. Turns out that he got some traction, we 4 boys learned how to work hard and stay busy even when we weren’t being watched. Now the saying has a different meaning because I am...
by Joe Levitch | Apr 29, 2024 | Healthy Homes
I grew up in an older home and my father Ed Levitch MHRIP was an Architect and remodeling contractor in and around Berkeley California and the surrounding cities since 1958. I was a bit of a pioneer when the EPA’s RRP rule was coming into play. At Levco Builders...
by Joe Levitch | Apr 27, 2024 | Lead Detection
As we step lightly into the future of remodeling pre-1978 homes in a post-3M lead test swab era, we find ourselves hoarding swabs and stretching the most out of them. If we could make them last, then we can avoid the inevitable disappointment of the Old Mother Hubbard...