Why and when should I get a Home Performance Audit?
Consider a Home Performance Audit if any of the following apply to you:
- Anytime you plan on undertaking renovations or upgrades is a perfect time to establish a baseline for your home. Anytime you modify a part of your home you have an opportunity to do well and also an opportunity to do bad. With a better understanding of how your home behaves, you can either make simple adjustments to the plans or request that the remodeler take the opportunity to improve some aspects of your home performance within the scope of his or her remodeling job. Something as simple as caulking the wall studs before putting in new cabinets can help eliminate cold drafts from circulating up the wall.
- Anytime you have concerns about the air quality, moisture infiltration into your home, potential mold concerns, etc. Did you know that low levels of carbon monoxide infiltrating your home can cause flu like symptoms? Strange odors may be an indication that air is infiltrating from unwanted sources such as a garage, an attached shed or a crawl space.
- Anytime you have comfort issues in your home, for example a cold room or cold floors. This past winter presented homeowners with first hand experience of how well or how poorly their home was insulated and sealed from air leaks. Many clients have called seeking help addressing record high utility bills or called to complain about cold drafts in particular rooms.
- Unusually high utility bills could be an indication of a system failure in your home.
