As a homeowner, it is important to ensure that your property is not only structurally sound but also safe and healthy for your family. This is where healthy home inspections come in. At Upper Hutt Building Inspections (https://upperhuttbuildinginspections.nz/healthy-homes-assessment/), we offer comprehensive assessments of residential properties to ensure they meet the healthy homes standards set by the New Zealand government.
Why Healthy Home Inspections Matter
A healthy home inspection checks all aspects of a property's health - including ventilation, heating, insulation, moisture infiltration, drainage, and more. The aim of this assessment is to detect any issues that may be harmful to residents' health and can lead to respiratory illnesses like asthma or dampness-related allergies.
The government has established the Healthy Homes Standards which outlines criteria that rental properties must comply with by law by certain deadlines. These include adequate heating sources in living areas, efficient ceiling insulation installation, appropriate ventilation options of high moisture kitchens/bathrooms/laundries along with draining systems.
If you own a rental house or flat that was constructed before 2000 or believe your property may have these hazards lurking in it:
- Draughts
- Moisture
- Lack of heating
- Poor insulation
What Does an Inspection Involve?
A typical healthy home inspection will take several hours depending on the size of your property. It usually involves checking:
Heating
If the house offers sufficient heat sources such as fans heaters, fireplaces or central heating systems like ducted heating systems etc can provide warm comfort in winters.
Ventilation
Proper air circulation through fresh air entry points must be ensured so that indoor humid air could exhaust easily and keep up proper hygiene balance along with prevent mold growth into the corners and surfaces causing infections.
Insulation
Your assessor will assess whether your ceiling and underfloor insulation are sufficient so as to keep up a thermal balance in the living environment that takes into account all the conditions.
Moisture
An assessor will assess the severity of moisture sources for mold or dampness growth that affect home material health hazards.
Drainage
Assessors won't stop at inspecting your home, but will also inspect the surrounding area for issues such as drainage and downpipes, which are necessary to avoid damp infiltration.
Why Hire Professionals to Conduct Healthy Home Inspections?
It's one thing to detect issues on your own, but it's another thing entirely to diagnose them accurately. Professionals who specialize in healthy home inspections have years of experience and knowledge about potential threats and hazards for you and your family. They can assesses all of these factors with better accuracy, and provide detailed reports about not only inspection findings but recommendations to help create a healthier living environment.
By hiring Upper Hutt Building Inspections, you can ensure that your property is being evaluated by an industry professional who has undergone training and certification requisite standards. We follow up our assessments with in-depth homeowners' reports detailing every inspection parameter along with taking proper measures to rectify inspected damages/considerations thereof if required.
Final Thoughts
Healthy home inspections should be taken seriously; It helps property owners maintain their building structure hygiene standard at unbeatable costs, while keeping their family safe and healthy.
At Upper Hutt Building Inspections (https://upperhuttbuildinginspections.nz), we're committed to providing premium quality home inspection services that meet Healthy Homes Standards - ensuring you always know how well your property is meeting government requirements. Contact us today so we can walk you through our comprehensive assessment process!