Your home should feel like the safest place in the world. It should bring you peace, make you comfortable, and it should be the place you look forward to coming back to at the end of the day. A lot of people will choose to decorate, renovate, and even remodel their home in order to achieve that cozy feeling. Deciding to renovate your home is exciting but it can seem like an extremely daunting task. Things like dangerous building materials and substances may come up during the renovation process and could pose a serious threat to your health. You’re even more likely to run into potential hazards if you’re in an older home. Federal and local codes, as well as building technology, are constantly changing to improve the health and safety of residents. Making sure your home is up to date is not only an aesthetic choice, but it is a matter of health.