Quoted in Avoiding Hazards of Home Remodeling article

I just learned that I am quoted in the Home Style Today article "Avoiding the Hazards of Home Remodeling" by Alyson English about keeping kids safe during remodeling. My quotes talk about our family's experience with lead poisoning.

Our daughter had become lead poisoned in our old house when we removed French doors because we were concerned about our then two kids breaking and getting cut on the glass. It exposed lead paint, and she ate some chips off the floor. Her lead level hit 19, one point before the state comes in and removes the family from the home.

Through it we became approved for our state's lead abatement program. (You can read more about it on the Home Style Today article.) The one cool thing that came from this scary experience (our daughter turned out OK) is that we remodeled the entire house on that program and increased the value of our home 200%, which is how we got the initial money for building supplies for our current house under construction.

The article includes other hazards of home remodeling like asbestos, poisonous building supplies (e.g. pressure treated lumber), and kid curiosity that can lead to serious accidents. I hope you take a moment to read this article. It's worth the read.