I was recently contacted by a frustrated wife who had reported that her husband was punching holes in their basement paneling looking for a leak. She had asked me if I could help. I felt that I could since the camera would see where the paneling was wicking up the water and show a distinct […]
How Can Infrared Thermal Imaging Help You And Your Home? Infrared thermal imaging is a process which uses infrared radiation. This process is often used in real estate construction in order to discover leaks in different parts of the building. There is a variety of hardware available, ranging from simple infrared, hand-held cameras costing up […]
On one of my inspections I was trying to help a lovely elderly widowed woman lower her heating bills. She did not entirely understand the process but had heard my name on the Glenn Haege program and figured she would give it a go. Her home was immaculate, everything in its place as she walked […]
I was called into a home to do a normal home inspection for heat loss. Because my camera is so sensitive to temperature change it can actually see liquids like water evaporating from the environment (This in physics is the property of the latent heat of fusion) I saw a pattern of droplets evaporating on […]
A story that started as leak detection turned out to be a crime. A story for facilities managers and apartment owners. I was contacted by an apartment owner who suspected that he had a leak in his water system in the building. He was sure of it because he had for buildings with identical square […]
