IAQ Assessment: What We Check

What Happens During an Indoor Air Quality Assessment?

A real IAQ assessment checks four things in sequence: indoor humidity levels, ductwork for leaks or disconnections, your current filtration setup against your system's capabilities, and a visual inspection for mold or moisture damage in accessible areas. Each step targets one of the root causes covered in what's in your indoor air.

Step 1: Humidity Reading

We measure indoor relative humidity against the 30-50% comfort range (with 60% as the mold-risk threshold) to establish whether your home needs active humidity control or whether your AC alone is keeping up.

Step 2: Ductwork Check

Leaky or disconnected ductwork pulls unconditioned, unfiltered air from attics or crawlspaces directly into your home's air supply — undermining filtration and humidity control at the source, no matter how good your equipment is.

Step 3: Filtration Review

We check your current filter's MERV rating against what your system can safely handle, and whether a whole-house filtration upgrade or a targeted portable unit makes more sense for your specific concerns.

Step 4: Visual Mold and Moisture Check

We visually inspect accessible areas — around the air handler, in crawlspaces, near exterior wall corners — for signs of moisture damage or mold growth that point to a humidity problem that's already begun causing damage.

What You Get at the End

A straightforward report: what we found, what's actually causing your specific air quality concern, and — only where it applies — what fixing it would involve. We don't recommend a whole-house system if a filter upgrade solves your actual problem.

Ready to find out what's really going on with your air? Schedule an indoor air quality assessment.