ADL Installers out of Kankakee, Ill., specializes in window rehab jobs in occupied residences in 20- to 40-story high rise buildings. When working in homes where people need to sleep and eat, ADL Installers President Tony Glazik says dust containment is a serious issue.
And with the recent passing of the EPA Lead-Based Paint RRP Rule, dust containment on certain jobsites is now the law.
“We have been using a wall system on rehab projects long before the Lead-Based Paint RRP Rule went into effect because we’re set to a high standard of cleanliness for our clients. We’ve always wanted to keep dust and debris from moving from a project site into a client’s home,” he says.
Since his company has practiced a dust-free jobsite in the past and his crews are trained in maintaining a dust-free environment, Glazik says he’s had to do little to prepare his company for the move into compliance for the RRP Rule, aside from getting his company certified, putting his crews through the RRP Rule training and purchasing a HEPA vacuum for clean-up.
The key to ADL Installers keeping dust and debris in the job area and out of customers’ bedrooms and living rooms is the Temp Wall, a product manufactured by Glazelock, Inc. and a system Glazik created himself three years ago. Temp Wall is designed to create a pressurized wall system using lightweight PVC plastic extruded tracks and plastic sheeting. It clips together without nails and screws; the only tool contractors need to assemble the system is a saw to cut the PVC tracks.
A spring-loaded component keeps the track system snug against the ceiling and floor while foam strips placed between the track and ceiling and track and floor create a pressurized, temporary wall that limits dust and air flow. Plastic sheeting is then applied and secured with tact strips that clip into the track system. A zipper gasket can be used to create a doorway in the plastic wall. While the plastic sheeting is disposed of after each job, the tracks and other parts of the system can be washed with soap and water for reuse.
“When installed correctly, there are no air gaps to allow dust to move between the walls and the floor and ceiling,” Glazik says. “And we’ve recently had some third-party testing done that shows the system can hold up to 25-mile-per-hour winds.”