Do damp and mould matter? Health impacts of leaky homes
Philippa Howden-Chapman, Julie Bennett and Rob Siebers

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About the Book

New Zealand houses — including many built
in the 1990s Mediterranean style — are too often damp, cold and mouldy. In modern leaky buildings, water penetrates the building envelope and stays in the wall cavity, where it rots the wood and enables fungi to grow. This book outlines:

the extent of damp, mouldy houses in New Zealand
the history of our leaky buildings health effects — and costs — of exposure to indoor mould
methods for measuring mould
likely costs of fixing leaky homes
what we still don’t know about indoor mould, and recommendations for future research


Read the Otago University press release

About the Author

The authors include respiratory and mould experts, environmental economists and building experts. They provide an authoritative account of the impact of damp and mould on buildings and the people who live in them for homeowners, policymakers, media and the research community.