We
now have infrared technology!
We use a FLIR i-7
infrared camera to check for water leaks, temperatures and to help
us give you an even better understanding of the home. The camera is
used in different places and in different ways in our packaged
inspection deals that we offer, be sure to call us for full details.
Here are some photos that I have taken with the infrared camera and
hope they will show you what the camera can do.
The
camera is not Superman's Eyes, it detects heat waves and we had to
be trained to learn how to decipher what the camera is showing us.
The camera is a great new tool in our arsenal of tools that help us
to better inspect the home you are looking to buy!
water on
a wall from a roof leak seen by the blues and purples.
water
leak in the corner of a ceiling from a leaking toilet
wet ceiling from roof leak. dark blue areas indicating the wet areas
huge wet
area in ceiling from roof leak, when I saw this on the camera I
could not believe it, to the naked eye the ceiling looked perfect.
checking this area with a moisture meter showed YES, this huge area
was wet.
the camera shows radiant floor heating is working
water leak from toilet showing the path the water has taken under
the carpet, no water leak seen by the naked eye, but was instantly
seen with the IR camera!
the IR camera is good to measure temperatures from air ducts such as
in this photo the hot air is seen in white coming from air register
The IR camera shows the furnace flue pipe, that is hidden inside the
wall.
and this is how the IR camera sees a person.