Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Home Inspection Questions
Home Inspections entail a series of non-invasive examinations of your home or property to determine the overall condition. This gives buyers and sellers a better understanding of the type of investment they are working with. Typical home inspectors have a long checklist and list of procedures that they go through at any inspection to determine the condition of areas that you may not be able to see or just do not have enough expertise to properly assess.
Home inspections are crucial when selling or buying a home. For sellers; you can see beforehand any repairs that need to be done, and can take your time to deal with these problems. For buyers; you get to see exactly what is wrong with your investment, and can properly determine what your next step will be in the buying process. If you are in need of a home inspection,
Typically 2-4 hours depending on the size, age, and type of property. Inspection reports are provided after the inspection the total process from start to finish is about 6 hours.
The Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors – standard of practice is a guideline for home inspectors to communicate what, how, and why we inspect for certain details.
Indoor Air Quality Questions
Indoor Air Quality relates to the air quality, or levels of pollution in the air indoors. This can include office buildings, homes, apartments, and anywhere else that is enclosed and considered indoors.
Indoor Air Quality Tests cost at a national average of $420. Size of the home, and amount of contaminants being tested for can reduce or raise costs.
90% of our time is spent indoors so we should take every precaution to make sure we are breathing clean and healthy air.
Indoor air pollution can be caused and is not limited to: Carbon dioxide (CO2), tobacco smoke, perfume, body odours, dust, fibreglass, asbestos, gases, including formaldehyde, toxic vapours, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) & more.
Different types of air pollution require different solutions. Depending on the root cause of the indoor air quality problem, which will be determined by an IAQ test, we will then be able to assess the situation properly and give advice accordingly.
Air quality is measured in Parts Per Million or ppm. Monitoring stations sample the air around them and determine the contaminants and the levels of pollution.
Mold Information
There are numerous amounts of side effects linked to exposure to mold. These range from respitory illnesses, to headaches & poor memory. Usual symptoms consist of and are not limited too; Rashes and other skin issues, coughing or wheezing, headaches, feeling overly lightheaded, shortness of breath, congested sinuses, and joint pain.
Black Mold is exponentially more dangerous then regular mold. It can cause black mold poisoning which can result in a number of damaging respitory illnesses.
Rare cases have occurred involving people who have contracted pneumonia because of high levels of mold exposure. But there is no need to worry! Most mold threats are found longer before symptoms such as pneumonia start to develop.
Stachybotrys chartarum or better known as “Black Mold” is a very dangerous species of mold that is known to cause a series of dangerous symptoms. These symptoms range from blistering headaches, a chronic cough, pneumonia, lung infections, joint pain, and even cancer!
So some symptoms of high mold exposure is joint pain. After longer periods of being exposed to mold, you may begin to develop joint pain across your body. It is suggested that you get your home inspected right away and see a doctor see if you may have any mold allergies.
The average for a mold inspection on your home by a certified industrial hygineist is on average from $300-$500.