Especially when buying an older home, it is important get an environmental home inspection in addition to a traditional home inspection. These are typically separate professional assessments of the home but each are important for many reasons. One evaluates the comprehensive structure and integrity of the home while the other includes aspects that can affect …
Read This Before You Begin Home Renovations
Was your home built before 1970? Have you had any asbestos sampling in your home? Are you remodeling or disturbing any building materials such as walls, floors, pipes, or ducts? Are you aware of the health risks of improper asbestos removal? Over 3,000 building products contain asbestos. You cannot see, taste, or smell asbestos! The …
Found Mold, Asbestos, or Radon during Home Inspection?
This week on Thursday May 7, the real estate market in Michigan is opening back up. The Stay at Home orders have had a huge impact on real estate, leaving many buyers and sellers on pause for several weeks now. If you are purchasing a home, make sure you plan ahead for a complete and …
Finding Mold in your Home
Finding mold in your home can be alarming and quite disturbing to your environmental peace of mind! Professional and proper mold removal is our specialty here at Healthy Homes. Let’s start with the basics. Mold is a type of fungus that grows by reproducing spores which travel by air. Most molds are naturally occurring in …
“Catching The Killer In Our Home” from Huffington Post
This article written for the Huffington Post describes the dangers of living with black mold. The author writes, “Looking back now, I should have realized what was happening sooner. I should have saved my family, saved my two beautiful little girls, from it way sooner. But who ever thinks their happy home could be the …