Thermal Scanning
FREE!
...with every inspection
Radiant Floor Heat..Continued
Radiant electric floor heat should not be located too close to the wax seals below toilets (inadequate clearance can lead to leakage).
No concerns were identified in this location.
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Water Temperature
The hot water output is monitored during your inspection.
Lack of hot water output can indicate a problem with the water heater and / or water softener. The water temp at this home was excessive, but ran out prematurely, indicating a problem.
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Hidden wetness on ceiling
This second floor bedroom ceiling looked normal to the naked eye - and there was no reason to suspect a problem. The entire home had been recently renovated - and the roof was recently installed.
Infrared revealed dark areas on the ceiling, which were confirmed to be wet. No obvious evidence of this leakage was visible from the attic, but this clearly indicates that leakage through the roof was occurring.
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Thermal scanning (infrared) has literally changed the way that homes can be inspected.
This tool allows us to find problems that are not visible to the naked eye, including: plumbing leaks, insulation voids, leakage from ice dams, rodent tunnels in walls and ceilings, proper placement of radiant floor / ceiling heat, proper air flow from HVAC registers...and more. The images below show just some of the issues we have found during our inspections.
We've used this technology since 2004 - and include this service with every inspection, free-of-charge! We do this because we know how essential this tool is.
If your inspector is not using infrared...he's not seeing everything.
Hidden wetness below carpet
There was no evidence of wetness in this basement room - and the sellers did not mention any history of problems with leakage into the basement.
The thermal images clearly showed that the carpet was wet. On further investigation, we determined that water was leaking through the foundation (this home did not have drain tile or a sump pump).
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Hidden wetness on ceiling
No signs of any problems were present on this basement family room ceiling (no stains were present).
But after filling and draining the bathtub in the first floor bathroom, wetness was viewed with infrared on the basement ceiling - and this indicated that a large leak was present in the bathtub plumbing.
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Hidden rodent activity
Once again, there was nothing unusual when we first observed this room...
Infrared revealed voids in the wall insulation, which were caused by rodents (tunnels in wall insulation). This is a significant amount of activity and it indicates the need for further evaluation by a pest control company.
