Instantly uncover Methamphetamine residue in your home.
Complete Methamphetamine Testing
Here’s what’s included:
A questionnaire so you can tell us why you’re worried about methamphetamine in your building.
We’ll investigate your home’s history, including by contacting real estate agents and neighbours.
We’ll take samples and check for visible signs of methamphetamine manufacturing or use.
Instant results will tell us if there’s methamphetamine residue in your home.
If the instant test is positive, we can conduct lab analyses to work out the level of methamphetamine residue in your home. This result will take 10 to 14 business days and is an additional cost.
If needed, we’ll suggest long-term solutions to make your property safe again.
Investment: From $250 for instant methamphetamine tests
Why is methamphetamine testing important?
Even frequent recreational methamphetamine use can leave harmful toxins in a home. And homes that have been used to make methamphetamine have a pretty scary story to tell. That’s because the manufacturing process leaves behind dangerous chemicals and potential health effects.
Children, who crawl more and wash their hands less, are most susceptible. The symptoms of methamphetamine exposure that are most commonly reported include headaches, nausea/vomiting, difficulty breathing and sore eyes.
Ongoing exposure has also been reported to lead to health problems like asthma, anxiety, and behavioural issues.
Methamphetamine sticks around for a long time. Studies show that in houses where methamphetamine has been made, levels of contamination are extremely high, even years later.
In one house tested, methamphetamine residue was found not just in permanent fixtures like curtains and walls, but in toys, rugs and beds that were brought into the house five years after manufacturing stopped. This means methamphetamine residue can be transferred from building to body for a long time.
Are you renting, buying or selling a house?
In Australia, methamphetamine tests are not usually done during normal pre-purchase house checks, so you’ll need to ask your real estate agent or building report provider if they’ll provide one.
If you’re selling or renting, a clear methamphetamine test result for your house, especially in areas where methamphetamine use is high, can make your property more appealing to buyers/tenants. Save money on this test when you purchase it in one of our building health packages.
What do you look for when you do a methamphetamine test?
As well as looking at your property’s history for criminal activity or previous methamphetamine remediation attempts, there’s other signs that methamphetamine has been made in your building.
When Adrian, our certified builder and environmental health expert investigates your building, he’ll be searching for:
Visible signs that methamphetamine has been made in your house like staining to walls and toilet tile area.
A certain smell, often described as cat urine or rotten eggs.
General disrepair.
Burn pits in the backyard or random areas of dead vegetation.
Freshly painted walls, which could be hiding staining or visual residue.
But we don’t rely on visual clues and history alone. We take samples from around the property to instantly tell us if there’s methamphetamine residue in your home.
