SAVE UP WITH WAVE VENTILATION!
Cost Benefits
For most people the purchase of a home is the largest financial investment of their lives. In the past 5 years alone average home prices have risen by 40%. But the cost of a home does not end with its purchase. Unless properly maintained, homeowners can easily spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on expensive repairs and high utility costs. Perhaps the most important aspect of maintaining a healthy home is creating improved ventilation and moisture control. Failure to provide adequate air circulation and regulate humidity levels can have serious consequences on every level of the home, and to every person living there. These problems include structural damage, molds, musty odors, condensation, infestation, and the risk of serious respiratory problems. The financial and emotional cost of addressing all of these problems can be overwhelming, if not impossible.
WAVE Ventilation offers an affordable, maintenance free, pro-active approach to reducing the many problems associated with poor indoor air quality. We have outlined below some of the amazing cost benefits of owning the patented, proven and tested WAVE Ventilation moisture control and ventilation system.
INCREASE HOME VALUE
Over the last year, the average sales price for a U.S. home reached the $230,00 mark. The average basement makes up approximately 35% of a homes size, which translates into an $82,000 investment into the overall value of the home. WAVE Ventilation can help revitalize and add value to those damp, musty and underutilized basements. WAVE Ventilation will help maintain a clean and dry environment, turning that often ignored basement area into a fun and livable family area or even into a rentable, income generating asset.
INCREASE CHANCES OF SELLING HOME
Homes with mold or mold related problems can be difficult, if not impossible to sell. Many states across the country now require sellers to provide potential home buyers with Mold Disclosure Statements. These obligate the seller to reveal all details concerning any type of mold situation or problem that exists in the home. Failure to provide an honest assessment of any mold problems may open the seller up to an assortment of legal problems including potential lawsuits. Homes that are disclosed to have mold problems are less likely to sell and have a lower market value. WAVE Ventilation makes it easier for sellers to make a deal and get their asking price by providing maintenance free mold reduction, moisture control and ventilation all year round.
ADD VALUE TO TAX DOLLARS
Real estate taxes are based on region and the overall size of a home - including, of course, the basement. Homeowners with unused or underutilized basements due to moisture and mold problems, are throwing a significant amount of their real estate tax dollars into the garbage. WAVE Ventilation helps homeowners reclaim their basements and the value of their tax dollars.
ADD LIVING SPACE FOR LESS
When extra living space is required, many homeowners choose to build expensive new additions, which can range in cost from $70 to $190 per square foot. Remodeling an existing basement, is far less expensive at $25 to $50 per square foot, and much less time consuming as well. With the addition of WAVE Ventilation to their newly remodeled basement, homeowners can feel confident that this new added living area will remain clean, dry and comfortable.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
WAVE Ventilation is considered a capital improvement which by definition is an improvement made to extend the useful life of a property or add to its value. WAVE Ventilation owners should consult with their accountants or tax attorneys to determine if they are eligible for any deductions or tax benefits associated the purchase and installation of a unit.
REDUCE RISK OF COSTLY MOLD WORK
Moisture and mold spores are natural phenomenon that must be monitored and controlled in order to prevent mold activity and other home nightmares. These problems usually begin in the lower regions of the home where moist, polluted air gravitates.In order to make them livable again, moist, unventilated basements and crawl spaces that have been neglected for too long may require costly mold restoration work. While the cost of this work will fluctuate depending on the severity of the problem, the final price tag can easily run into the tens of thousands of dollars. Too make matters even worse many insurance companies do not cover these mold related expenses, leaving homeowners with a tremendous out-of -pocket financial burden. WAVE Ventilation is the pro-active approach that every homeowner should utilize in order to try and prevent these situations from occurring in the first place and from repeating in the future.
REDUCE RISK OF COSTLY REPAIRS & REDECORATING
After the costly mold restoration job is complete, homeowners must then repair, refurnish and redecorate their homes. Typical work includes fixing or replacing walls, flooring or carpeting, and furniture. Once again the price tag associated with this can run into the thousands of dollars. The maintenance free WAVE Ventilation moisture control and ventilation system can greatly reduce these home repair costs by working 24/7, 365 days a year to help keep basements clean and dry.
REDUCE RISK & COST OF HEALTH ISSUES
Many health related problems, such as asthma, allergies and respiratory problems, are directly attributable to poor indoor air quality. According to the EPA , because of the fact that Americans spend up to 90% of their time indoors, exposure to indoor allergies and irritants may play a significant role in triggering asthma and respiratory related episodes.
The EPA goes on to say that an important step in managing asthma and related respiratory problems is to reduce exposures to the triggers of these attacks. These triggers include mold spores, pet dander, household chemicals, gases, insects, dust and other toxins and pollutants.In fact asthma and other respiratory problems contribute to millions of dollars in medical costs, millions of sick days and millions of dollars in lost revenue. Just take a look at some of these statistics:
- Over 26 million American have been diagnosed with asthma.
- Asthma accounts for an estimated 3 million lost work days annually.
- The health care costs associated with asthma is over $12.7 billion annually.
- Asthma accounts for an estimated 10 million lost school days annually.
- Mild asthma sufferers spend $2,600 yearly on treatment.
- Severe asthma sufferers spend over $12,860 yearly on treatment.
- Over 50 million Americans suffer from allergic diseases.
- Health care cost for sinusitis alone reached almost $6 billion.
In order to try and prevent or reduce these types of respiratory attacks the EPA recommends that all homeowners must do everything possible to reduce moisture levels and increase ventilation throughout the home. This is exactly what the WAVE Ventilation moisture control and ventilation system is designed to do. By reducing moisture levels, expelling pollutants, and ventilating indoor air, WAVE Ventilation can help to greatly reduce the exorbitant medical costs associated with these diseases.
LOWER ENERGY COSTS VS. DEHUMIDIFIER
Consumers have primarily utilized dehumidifiers as a means of lowering indoor moisture levels. The fact remains that dehumidifiers are extremely costly to run, require daily maintenance, do not address the issue of ventilation and air exchange, recycle the same stale air again and again, and scariest of all, they can overheat and cause a fire. In fact according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission at least 1.5 million dehumidifiers were recalled in 2002 for this reason alone.
- WAVE Ventilation uses only 38 watts of electricity.
- WAVE Ventilation is 90% less expensive to run than just 1 dehumidifier.
- WAVE Ventilation provides a continuous air exchange for improved air quality.
- Dehumidifiers do not ventilate or circulate the air.
- WAVE Ventilation beats standard dehumidifiers on every level.
- WAVE Ventilation offers an incredible 10 Year warranty on all parts. Considering the short life span of most dehumidifiers, homeowners will need to replace their dehumidifiers 2 to 3 times within the the same 10 year warranty period of WAVE Ventilation.
WAVE Ventilation Savings Compared to Just 1 Dehumidifier:
Multiply the number of dehumidiers that you have by the savings below to get YOUR total savings.
| Monthly Savings | Yearly Savings | Saving Over 10-Years |
| $35 | $420 | $4,200 |
| Features | WAVE Ventilation | Dehumidifier |
| Maintenance Free | YES | NO |
| Energy Efficient | YES | NO |
| High Capacity | YES | NO |
| Safe to Operate | YES | NO |
