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All About Your
Inspection
Preparing
For Your Inspection
Our Complete Inspection Includes
What Is In the Binder?
Additional Testing and Procedures
Methods of Inspections
Remediation Services
Need a Home Inspection?
Purchasing, selling or building a home or cottage
can be confusing and stressful. Be prepared
for the inspection process, attend your complete
home inspection with a follow up to make
an informed decision with our qualified, insured
home inspections. Further testing methods for
mold and air quality issues may require additional
testing with ProLab - the leading provider
of environmental laboratory testing and a possible
remediator to create security for your health, home
or cottage.
Preparing
For Your Inspection
We encourage you to attend your inspection
with the home inspector. This experience through
the process of your
questions, answers and observing potential problems
will help you to make a knowledgeable and informed
decision.
You are to have either the real estate agent
or vendor arrange for your access to the home at
the time of the Inspection
and it is advisable for the vendor to not be present
for the inspection process.
We recommend that there be a minimum
of distractions during the inspection. For this
reason, we suggest you have
the least number of children, family members and
friends present.
You must get permission from the vendor if
you would like to bring a camera along.
To ensure you have our undivided attention
we do not carry a cell phone during the inspection.
It would be advisable to ask the vendor to
ensure that the Inspector has clear access to the
attic, the crawl spaces
and the furnace room area, etc.
The Inspector is not allowed to move furniture
or personal possessions in the home or cottage and
can only assess
the visual aspects of the home, i.e. not behind
walls, etc. Cluttered basements would pose a problem
by concealing
wall conditions, cracks, moisture problems, etc.
Please allow approximately 2 to 4 hours for the
inspection process (depending on issues such as
age and size, this
will vary).
If you have questions beforehand, have a list prepared,
by room, to address with the inspector before, during
and after
the Inspection.
As part of the inspection will be performed
outdoors it is advisable to be prepared with appropriate
outdoor attire,
if necessary.
Our
Complete Home Inspections
Kawartha Environmental are for those wanting to be
prepared, to attend, be aware and find solutions
in regard to issues relating to your investment
and health. Our complete Home Inspections enable
you to make an informed and sound decision with
our thorough, qualified and insured home inspections.
Please Contact
us and give us the
opportunity to represent you in your endeavour.
Upon completion of the Home Inspection
You are provided, on site,
with a customized binder containing a complete detailed
report covering important issues as established
by NACHI Standards
of Practice
and Code
of Ethics along with photos.
We keep a copy in our files, enabling you to go
over the issues with us at any time. You will receive
by mail a CD of pictures taken during your Inspection
for your personal reference. Upon your request,
we will provide your real estate agent or lawyer
a copy of the complete report.
We are available to sit down and
answer any questions you may have at the time of
the inspection, or you may call us at a later time
for more information or clarification. We like to
follow up to make sure you are satisfied with the
outcome. Contact
us
As trained Inspectors
We will be looking at every visible area of your
home or cottage inside and out and inspect areas
we are unable to take you to. You are encouraged
to accompany the inspector, inquiring about any
previous concerns you have, as well as any that
may arise by yourself or by the inspector during
the process. Guardian Inspections is qualified
to test for mold and air quality assessments.
Currently for other concerns an outside independent
contractor or a remediator will be required to assess
the situation. Some concerns may require additional
testing and costs.
Additional
Testing & Procedures (mold and air quality)
Further testing methods for mold and air quality
issues may require additional testing with ProLab
- the leading provider of environmental laboratory
testing and a possible remediator to create security
for your health, home or cottage.
We enter the premises wearing a Tyvex Suit, respirator,
ear plugs and rubber gloves.
A visual assessment will be made of the concerned
areas. On completion of collecting samples with
various equipment, swabs and tape tests, a chain
of custody paperwork will be put into effect. The
laboratory results will be returned in 4 business
days and the report will include a cover letter,
a summary identifying the findings, the actual lab
results, photo logs and field sheets.
Who Does the Testing
Kawartha Environmental uses
the leading provider of environmental laboratory
testing services in the world.
PRO-LAB®
offers laboratory testing services for mold, radon,
lead, asbestos, and drinking water pollutants. Staffed
with Certified Indoor Air Quality Professionals,
Radon Measurement Specialists, Ph.D. Mycologists,
Chemists, and registered clinical laboratory technicians,
PRO-LAB® has the knowledge and experience to
assist in any environmental investigations. PRO-LAB®
is the first laboratory to offer all lab supplies
bundled together with the lab analysis
fees for simplified processing.
Methods
of Inspections
Visual Inspections
The visual inspection is the initial step in identifying
possible contamination problems. We will look for
any visible water leaks as well as any moisture
stains found on ceilings, walls, floors or under
counters. The air conditioning and heating systems,
attic and crawl spaces will be checked as well.
Special equipment is used to identify visible areas
of mold growth and water damage. By combining a
visual inspection with air, tape or swab sampling,
we can identify the hidden source of mold, allergens
and indoor pollutants and the extent of any acute
or chronic water or moisture damage.
Air Sampling
By sampling both the indoor and outdoor air we are
able to determine the amount of airborne contamination
in a building. This type of testing may be necessary
if the presence of mold, allergens or toxins is
suspected, but unable to be identified by a visual
inspection. Usually the indoor sample is taken while
the heating and/or air conditioning unit is operating,
ensuring the interior air is effectively tested.
The results will be compared to see if a problem
exists.
Tape / Swab Testing
Tape/swab samples are mainly collected from visible
moldy surfaces by wiping the area with a
sterile swab and sent to the lab. This type of testing
will identify specific mold types.
Remediator
Services
Mold
remediation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mold remediation is the process by which a certified
and/or trained professional performs the removal
and/or cleanup of mold from an indoor environment.
Mold is normally found indoors at levels that do
not affect most healthy individuals. When these
levels become abnormally high as determined by indoor
air quality testing or a mold inspection, remediation
is recommended to be carried out by a professional
remediation company.......Read
more
Four typical steps of a professional mold
remediation Company
1. Containment: Technicians isolate the area of
contamination to minimize the spread of mold spores
to other areas of the home.
2. Filtration: HEPA air filters and negative air
machines run continuously throughout the project.
Mold spores, dust, MVOCs,
gaseous compounds (i.e. Radon), and other airborne
debris are removed from the air.
3. Removal and Cleanup: Contaminated materials that
cannot be cleaned are removed according to mold
remediation standards. Sheetrock,
carpet, furniture, and other damaged materials will
have to be replaced to prevent mold from returning.
4. Replacement
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