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Healthy Home Inspection

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How Healthy is Your Home?

We all want to live a healthy lifestyle to the best of our abilities however, did you know that 80% of anything you may be exposed to in your life time comes from your home.  Your home is where you will spend the bulk of your time living, eating, sleeping, family gatherings, birthday parties.   We all try our best to protect our family and children and want to live in a safe environment in our home. We can’t control the world but we can control our own world, your home.  Are you aware that your home might have hidden dangers that could affect you and your children’s health?

  • What is a Healthy Home Inspection?
  • What are the questions I should ask myself….Do you know how healthy your home is…is the question!
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Asthma and Allergies
  • Mold and Moisture
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Lead and Lead Paint
  • Drinking Water
  • Home Safety?

 What is a Healthy Home Inspection?

A Heathy Home Inspection is an inspection conducted by a Healthy Home Specialist trained to identify, detect and test for defects or concerns that may be visible or invisible to the naked eye?  The purpose of the inspection is to identify items or things that may be a contributing factor in your health and wellbeing.  It is designed to give guidance and direction so you can make better decisions and help protect yourself and your family for a Healthy Home.

What are the questions I should ask myself….Do you know how healthy your home is…is the question!

How is the air in your home, musty, smokey, clean?

Is there any one in your home with breathing problems, respiratory issues, and Asthma?

Does someone in the family have allergies to mold?

Are you aware if lead or lead paint exists anywhere in your home?

How safe is your drinking water?

Do you use household products that contain chemicals than can harm you or make you sick?

Are there pesticides in the home?

Are you aware of any environmental issues?

These are some of the questions to ask yourself to protect you and your family,  especially your children.

 Indoor Air Quality

The air in your home may be more harmful to you and your family then the air outside.  The air indoor can become unhealthy if too many pollutants are introduced into the air that you breath. It is easy to identify the things we can see and smell but, what about the things we can’t see and smell like Carbon Monoxide and Radon gas.

Fact:  The number of Children with Asthma has doubled in the past 50 Years.

 

 Asthma and Allergies

You spend the majority of our life indoors so, we should be sensitive to the things we are breathing since they can cause health issues.  Is there a smoker in the home?  Is there a damp musty odor in the home?  Do you have pets?  All these contribute to health issues.

Fact 1 in 15 children under 18 of age has Asthma.

 

Mold and Moisture

Is there a damp musty odor in your home?  Are you running dehumidifiers?  Is there some son in the home that has cold, flue or allergies symptoms like sneezing, watery and/or itches eyes?  Have you ever had a water intrusion?  Ice Dams on the roof during the winter months?  Do you see mold.   It’s not what we see that is the issue,  it’s what we can’t see. These are all strong indications that the air quality in the home is suspect and require further evaluation and testing.

Carbon Monoxide

A Deadly gas that you can’t see, smell or taste but,  can make you very sick or even kill you. Usually one does not even know that they are exposed to this deadly gas.  They may feel tired and have flu like symptoms.   But, even lower concentrations for a  period of time can have irreversible health affects to you and your nervous system and brain. Carbon Monoxide can come from and be created from stoves, heating system, kerosene space heaters, cars, trucks block or restricted chimney flues.  Testing is the only way to confirm there is no Carbon Monoxide in your home.

Lead and Lead Paint

Lead and lead paint has been around for some time now.  That does not mean it is ok to have in your home.   It can be in the plumbing pipes for drinking water or the paint used on the exterior as well as interior.  Lead dust can be common indoors with homes with lead paint.  Lead can cause severe health damage to your child’s nervous system and their brain. Testing is the only way to know that it truly exists.

Fact:  Dust from Lead paint is the biggest threat to young children.

 

Drinking Water

Do you have municipal or well water?  When was the last time you tested your well water.  Well water can change and should be tested periodically to ensure that the quality has not changed.  Most pollutants in water you cannot taste, smell or see.  The water appears to be clear and clean but, may be tainted with harmful pollutants or impurities that you may be sensitive to.  Most water chemistry is natural and sometimes manmade pollutants enter your supply which allows for sudden changes.  If your health has changed you should test your water again to ensure it is not contributing to your health issues.  Periodic testing is strongly recommended.

Fact: Approximately 95 % of people living in rural areas use private wells for their drinking water.

 

 Home Safety

The chances of you getting hurt at home is greatly higher than if you were at school or work.  Some of the leading causes of injuries and death in the home are falls, drowning, fires, choking, guns and suffocation.

Fact: In the United States more than 1 million children age 5 and under are poisoned every year.

 

Facts were provided by www.hud.gov/healthyhomes  feel free to visit for more additional information.

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Testimonials

Granite inspection group provided a fair, detailed, highly actionable report of findings, and risk areas. I highly recommend their team, easy to work with and communication was great.

Paula Blomquist   

Granite Inspection really came through for us! Due to some careless things our builder did, there were several obstacles and challenges to installing a radon mitigation system in our home. After two others had shown up and failed to help us, I was losing hope. Then I called Granite Inspection, and I wish I had called them first! Michael is knowledgeable, professional, and friendly. He got the job done, no problem. I highly recommend Granite Inspection.

Julie Gonzalez   

This company is awesome. Very Very professional. Totally happy with their performance. I will definitely use them again in the future if the need arises.

David McPartland   

I have been through several home inspections for prior purchases and after each I found out a lot of details were missed. Fast forward to my latest experience with Michael @ Granite Inspection. All I can say is WOW, never have I had a such a thorough, well informed, detailed inspection. Michael spoke and explained to me as someone who genuinely cared and literally gave me a brain dump in person and in his report about the house, all the good, bad and ugly, he held nothing back. He really wanted to ensure that I was in a position to make a well-informed decision. I don't usually write lengthy reviews, but Michael has saved me from a very costly mistake. Truly appreciated his objectivity and professionalism.

Marlyne Bennett   

Granite inspection was wonderful to work with. Michael installed a radon mitigation system in our 150 old house and he did a wonderful job. He was always clear, concise, and friendly. Would highly, highly recommend. Thank you so much!!

Kristin Luks   

Micheal was amazing and very informative! I appreciate his hard work especially by himself. Lisa was very helpful and so polite over the phone. Would definitely recommend for services.

Ashley F   

We had to have a Radon Mitigation system installed in our house. Started by looking at the NY State's website for Certified Radon Mitigation Contractors. Narrowed the search down to those who are Certified Radon Testers at Dutchess County (currently there are 4). We chose the Granite Inspection Group because of their qualifications listed on their business website.
Contacting them and scheduling for a Radon test was very easy.
Michael and his wife Lisa are very friendly, pleasant, and more importantly very responsive and professional. After the test and the evaluation, we received a written estimate regarding the cost of the installation of the Radon Mitigation system.
The installation and subsequent evaluation (re-testing) of the Radon Mitigation system was flawless. Granite Inspection Group did an excellent job. As a retired engineer I appreciate their professionalism.

GTM   

With basement radon levels between 19 and 21, I contacted Michael. He installed the radon mitigation system in one day. The result is astonishingly successful: the average is now around 0.35, well below 1, and our house is now virtually free of this carcinogenic gas. Michael is thoroughly professional, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to work with. The results speak volumes.

Garry Hagberg   

I used granite inspection for my home inspection and the gentleman that was there doing the inspection was very knowledgeable and easy to work with. Gave a full break down of what was needed and what needed to be done. Very professional service from beginning to end .Will highly recommend to anyone

Michael Roman   

We used Granite Inspection when we purchased our current house and had them carry out an inspection for a property we recently had an offer accepted on. Michael provided a 108 page report. Thorough, professional and invaluable. Simply put, we would not have anyone else inspect a property.

Claire Bracken   

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