How to deal with chipping lead paint on windowsill
We bought a hundred year old house and we have a beautiful sunroom that we want to use, but it has flaking lead paint. I went to my local hardware store and the guy there told me to just encapsulate it. I told him how bad the flaking was but he didn't seem to grasp what I was saying and just kept telling me that I didn't want to remove it because of how hazardous it is. he told me to use wood filler for the flaking parts... again I don't really think he understood how bad it was. He kept saying "I've been working on paint for 30 years and you DONT want to remove it"
Before going to the hardware store I got a quote from the only company around that does lead paint removal in my area which was $2.5K. kind over my budget at the moment. Here are some pictures. any advice for what to do from here would be appreciated.