Jobsite Protection Checklist
Process
- ☐ Remove pictures from walls
- ☐ Empty cabinets, fridges, and dishwashers
- ☐ Move furniture out
- ☐ Remove rugs and floor coverings
- ☐ Mark any items you want saved
- ☐ Cover door thresholds with tacky tape
- ☐ Cover high traffic floors
- ☐ Tape field seams with white tape
- ☐ Tape edges with blue frog tape
- ☐ Top with Masonite if needed
- ☐ Cover hard surfaces
- ☐ Drape furnishings with plastic
- ☐ Install dust walls
- ☐ Install magnet doors
- ☐ Set up negative air if needed
- ☐ Cover drains
- ☐ Seal nearby doors and ducts
- ☐ Cover new material
Materials / Tools Needed
- ☐ Blue and white painters tape
- ☐ Tacky tape
- ☐ Painters plastic (light duty), 1 mil (standard), 3 mil (lead demo walls), 6 mil (lead demo floors)
- ☐ Zip poles
- ☐ Poly hanging tape
- ☐ Magnet or zipper doors
- ☐ Stapler
- ☐ Floor protection (Albert Floorotex, reinforced builders paper)
- ☐ Carpet shield (never apply this to wood floors or trim)
- ☐ Masonite
- ☐ Drop cloths
- ☐ More permanent fixtures, like temp walls and doors
- ☐ Fans for exhause or air scrubbers for lead demo jobs
- ☐ Lay flat duct
Last revised: 11/17/2025