A unique opportunity for those managing property health by instigating bespoke damp and mould strategies for upholding acceptable building and atmospheric conditions for all occupants
With a significant background surveying properties following reported damp, condensation and mould, Cornerstone are sharing their proven knowledge with defined CPD accredited training aimed at all levels of personnel dealing with these everyday issues.
Whether it is administrative staff receiving complaints from property occupants or senior housing managers responsible for specifying repairs and/or remediations, our training is tailored to deliver key expert knowledge in a recognised format.
With an introduction aligned to new and existing regulatory requirements, this opportunity serves to provide data that is pertinent to upholding compliance with an overview of each regulation and their meaning in this everyday process, plus:
- What is damp, condensation and mould?
- Recognising influential aspects.
- The role of insulation and building permeance.
- Use of moisture metering equipment.
- Thermal assessments and their meaning.
- Defining Ventilation Adequacy.
- Everyday activity aspects.
- Putting things into practice.
A ‘did you know?’ approach has been shown to be an accepted method when learning about the likely causes of the problems and has also served to disband the blame culture by replacing it with recognisable guidance.
With housing stock across the UK consisting of numerous periods, ages, constructions and orientations, understanding their impact is also key to how the internal conditions are likely to behave when occupied.
A distinguished training platform answers the call for a change in mindset when dealing with this persistent annual problem, armed with a greater understanding of likely causes, how they are defined and how they are rectified – for the long term.
What do we do today to determine property health?
There is no amount of equipment available to Cornerstone that cannot be available to other property assessors or surveyors. But what does the data being emitted actually mean?
Moisture meters are known for delivering qualitative data such that their meaning needs to be embraced with additional aspects to accurately determine whether a structure is indeed damp or suffering condensation, for example.
Of equal importance, they are electronic devices and can readily be influenced by abnormal traits that can affect the reading obtained and hence the anticipated remedial process.
Our training process strongly encourages all attendees bring their equipment to the course for a detailed assessment of their use, meaning and calibration process.
From a strategic perspective, a modular approach to surveying properties serves to uphold a uniform process embracing a host of baseline information prior to reviewing the main visual problem.
We teach attendees to step back and embrace a number of likely contributory factors that, together, aid a more defined outcome for the issue. Why? Because damp and mould are separate issues and are symptoms of a problem.
A change of direction has aided a ‘better decision making’ approach to property health issues supported by recognised surveying data, structural constituents and atmospheric management protocols.
Endorse training with practical aspects
Our training encourages the use of a void property or similar in order to demonstrate all theoretical aspects in a physical manner with course attendees conducting surveying aspects with increased knowledge.
An overview of the structure in question upholds the determination of key root causes alongside atmospheric management adequacy.
Key definitions of surveying protocols, metering equipment and combined knowledgeable aspects are key in securing accurate root causes of damp, condensation and mould.
Damp, condensation and mould overview
It is not uncommon for occupants to believe they are in a wet structure where mould has developed. However, this is not the case in the majority of Cornerstone’s investigations. Suffice to add, mould does not always need moisture to progress and the likely causes are numerous and not singular.
With demonstrable aspects across these issues, course attendees will recognise the difference between each and their contributory factors for bespoke diagnosis and remediation.
And, not to be omitted, how these effects are dealt with to underpin effective removal is also a key inclusion to close the process.
Cornerstone recognises and delivers key measures to underpin all fact-based protocols delivered in the training assessment and, with guidance and SMART knowledge provided in a recognisable format, positive remedies for these issues can be embraced with confidence for more realistic long-term solutions.
Additional information delivered in a recognisable format serves to strengthen better decision-making, reducing complaints and expenditure with improved resident landlord relations.
