We have completed hundreds of rentfit.co.nz Healthy Homes Standards Reports for owners and property managers.

The Healthy Homes Heating Standard requires the main living room of a rental property to be able to be maintained at a minimum of 18°C on the coldest day of the year.

We have had several customers commission contractors who have installed heat pumps that are below the required kilowatts.

• Kevan
• 15 April
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• insulation
• 24 March
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We are coming across underfloor insulation where new polyester insulation has been installed over the top of old foil insulation.

NZS4246-2016 requires old foil insulation to be removed before any new insulation is installed.

For rental properties, all insulation must be installed to NZS4246-2016. So this scenario becomes a fail.

• Kevan
• 12 March
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Under the 2016 Residential Tenancy Act insulation requirements, thousands of houses achieved a "Pass" on the ceiling insulation. However, the Healthy Homes Standards, which became law on 1 July 2019, changed the rules and increased the minimum thickness to 120mm.

• Admin
• 22 January
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