It has now been 10 full days now since the EPA’s Renovation, Repair & Painting Regulations were put fully in place. According to all of the EPA’s talk, we should have had plenty of news on this subject, but it has ended up being pretty quite overall. With that said, there have been a few […]
FAQ’s on Infrared Thermography
As many of you know or have seen, we at SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC are now offering Residential, Commercial, & Industrial Infrared Thermographic Inspections throughout Illinois. This has led to a few questions that we thought we would try to answer all in one place. In layman’s terms, what is Infrared Thermography? It […]
May – Late Spring Maintenance Checklist
May is quite an interesting month. It seems to be a month of firsts and lasts; the last full month of spring, the last day of school, the first of many holidays, the first start to summer vacations, the first gripes on it being too hot, and the list goes on. For most of us, […]
May is National Deck Safety Month
Ahhh, May – the days are getting longer, when it’s not to hot or to cool to go outside and spend some nice time reading a book, firing up the grill, or having a party. For many of us, this time is generally spent out on our decks. Unfortunately, this is also happens to be […]
HomeStar Primer: The Issues & a Fix?
In our previous article on the HomeStar program, we provided a brief primer on the program, included a copy of the actual bill, and pointed out some of the good aspects of it. In that article we also pointed out some major issues with the program that we feel should be addressed. In this article I would […]
Update’s and happening’s @ SLS Construction
As many of you know, today was the first day of the EPA’s new RRP regulation. Based on this regulation, and a few other changes that will be happening shortly, I thought a quick update was called for. I would like to also take this time to thank not only our valuable customers, but also […]
Last day before the RRP goes into effect: The 6/20 Exemption Limits
Well this is it – tomorrow the EPA’s new regulation goes into full effect. While there are plenty of misconceptions out there, we tried to concentrate on some of the biggest ones in the closing days. On day 5, we covered misconceptions concerning Certified Firms, while on day 4 we covered Certified Lead Renovators. Unfortunately, […]
2 Days to Go: The Logos, Testing & Pricing Misconceptions
Seeing I missed yesterday’s article on clearing up some RRP misconceptions, I figured I would double it up today & just for fun, I added in a third one that popped up today. Many of these items we have covered previously in other articles, but they bear some repeating. Lead Testing: The first of three today […]
In Remembrance – to a great friend and …
Richard Mackney: April 18, 2010 – While your journey here may have run its course, I wish that the wind is always at your back, and that you keep the rubber side down on your future travels. A great friend and cyclist… While I only knew Rich for a couple of years, I feel fortunate […]
4 days to go – Clearing up a few misconceptions about Certified Renovators
In the last few days before the RRP regulation goes into effect, we decided to try to clear up some misinformation being propagated about the RRP. In yesterday’s article we covered some of the issues dealing with Certified Firms, and in today’s we are going to try to clear up some issues that relate to Certified […]
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