Dealing with Dust 
and Debris on Both 
Sides of the Wall
Window and door replacement is the biggest offender when
it comes to having to contain inside and outside. We will
show you how you might deal with windows and you can
apply the concepts, principles and thought processes to
other renovations that may pose a similar problem of dual
containment.
Tear out a window and debris falls in and falls out. Do
you set up containment, collection, disposal and cleanup
on both sides? That would cost double. You have got a
couple of options. You can choose do all your work from
the inside or the outside. You may choose the outside,
and therefore containment and clean up is easier, faster,
and cheaper. Why? RRP recognizes that outside is less a
danger to the living area and has lessened some of the
stricter rules that apply to inside.
In order to the work outside, you must eliminate dust and
debris from falling inside. AWDI recommends a concept
that's EPA accepted. When you are removing a window
from the outside, as you see in the first picture on the
left, you are going to cre-
ate the possibility of dust,
and (remember the
Sweet'N Low packet) it
doesn't take a lot to cont-
aminate, you are going to
create some dust going to
the inside; your debris
will certainly come to the
outside, as you are going
to have some dust on the
outside.
You create a bag like covering for either the outside or the
inside. In this way any overflow of contamination gets fed
into this bag, so that when you do your final clean up, the
bag can be removed, and disposed of, and the opening
vacuumed and cleaned with a solvent like D-Lead.
If you decide that doing the work from the inside is 
better (elevated rooms, close quarters outside are a couple
of possibilities) seal off the outside. Either way limiting to
one side of the wall saves time, and money.
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CHOOSE WHICH SIDE TO CONTAIN
Seal Off the Other Side
INSIDE-OUT INSTALL
OUTSIDE-IN INSTALL
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SAMPLE MANUAL

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