AEPMA president, David Gay urged prospective home purchasers to ensure their pest inspections in the future are carried out under the new pest industry code of practice.
“For the protection of prospective purchasers, these are all tests that should be carried out by suitably qualified people and not left to chance,” Mr Gay said. The Code of Practice details the intricate process of inspecting a property for the presence of pests. “The current Australian Standard only requires a visual inspection, whereas under AEPMA’s Code of Practice a standard timber pest inspection includes sounding, limited probing and possibly the use of a “splinter test” as well as the use of a moisture meter to look for possible pest activity,” Mr Gay said.
Mr Gay urged all prospective property buyers to become familiar with the AEPMA Code of Practice for Prior-to-Purchase Timber Pest Inspections.
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More information
AEPMA www.aepma.com.au
Timber Inspectors www.timberinspector.com.au |
