New research has found the toxins produced by mould sprouting in the damp corners of your house can also become airborne.
The discovery could help explain what is referred to as “sick building syndrome”, a broad collection of symptoms that appear to increase in severity the longer a person occupies a room or building.
Tell your clients …The Government will extend the eligibility for home insulation grants to include low-income home owners, landlords and high health need tenants.
The Warm Up New Zealand Healthy Homes insulation grants, will provide 50 per cent of the cost of ceiling and underfloor insulation for those already eligible.
They have until end June 2018 to take up the offer.
The homes had to be warm and dry: they use coloured galvanised steel internal and external panel with 70mm of bonded insulation, called PIR Panel. Panels used for the roof have 100mm of insulation.
As well as the bonded wall and ceiling insulation, the House It cabins, studios and homes also have underfloor insulation.
The government hoped its two-year $18 million ‘Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes’ programme would lead to 20,000 more homes being made warm and dry. One year in, only 3700 homes have been insulated using the subsidy.
The programme splits the cost of providing ceiling and underfloor insulation in rentals occupied by low-income New Zealanders between landlords and the government – typically they pay about $1500 each.
