Dust during demolition
 

Should this be something a good contractor will have covered? Will they do their best to seal everything up so it doesn't get to non wanted areas?

Is it recommended to hire a post reno cleaning company?

If renovating an upstairs and removing the flooring (tiles) will there be a ton of debris that will fall to the downstairs? IF so how can we minimize?>

Plastic floor protection, Ram board, lots of garbage bags, plastic/tarp zipper doors.

This should have been covered in your contract.

exactly, unless you made it part of the agreement they don't need to do any of it

well you can clean afterwards or you can hire some one, up to you. Cover any duct vents before they start

nothing should "fall through the floor" when they remove the tile. You'll have a plywood subfloor that the tile is installed over

if you hired them yourself, id say for sure they should know ahead of time to keep the working area as clean as possible, especially in a home that is being occupied.

If this work is being done by a company hired by strata etc. I'd keep an eye on them big time. I've known people who had work done by basically crack head contractrors found by stratas, didnt clean up at all, tracked muddy boots throughout their house, left insulation and dust everywhere

yep and hide anything of value that isn't nailed down. even if they're just doing a walkthrough keep an eye on 'em.

When we quote a job of that nature, floor/dust protection and waste removal are always outlined and post-reno cleaning is discussed. Don't assume. It doesn't matter if it's a $10k counter or a $20 roll of plastic, it's still material and labour.

Apparently there is lead paint in my laundry room and will need an abatement team to remove everything.

Anyone have experience with this before and know how much it would cost for ~500sqft area to remove lead?

Depends on the level of risk.

I haven't dealt with lead abatement but if they can just wear respirators and bag/clean the materials it shouldn't be too much

If it's a higher risk where they need to set up a containment etc it could be big $$$

Abatement work is really sketchy and kind of a scam, how companies deem "risk" and their procedures are all over the place, and even the government doesn't really set guidelines or procedures as to how to approach abatements, so it really leaves the home owner in a tough spot.

Ask them what's involved, how long it's going to take, what the clean up is, etc

Definitly call around to a few different companies not so much on what they say the quote price will be (since they typically wont give you one and if they do it wont be near the actual cost) but they the do in the actual work