Renovation dust gets everywhere. It sneaks into cupboards, onto beds, inside electronics, into your lungs. If you don’t talk about dust control up front, you’ll end up living in a grey cloud and cleaning for weeks afterwards.
Asking questions like, “Will you use plastic sheets to seal off areas?”, “How will you contain dust when cutting tiles or wood?”, “Will floors and furniture be covered daily?” forces the contractor to think ahead.
Simple measures – zip covers on doors, plastic sheeting, keeping windows open while cutting, using vacuums more than brooms – can massively reduce the mess. If you wait to bring this up after the whole house is coated, it’s too late.
Dust is unavoidable, but how much you suffer from it is very much negotiable.
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