How does an Infrared Inspection compare to other types of inspections?
Whether it's your home or business from your buildings foundation to its roof infrared provides you by far, the most through non-invasive building inspection and best dollar value for a visual inspection of your property. A Thermographer can look at large areas quickly compared to other types of investigation methods. By analysing Thermal Images of your buildings, water, air and heat leaks, only the faulty areas need to be repaired, sometimes saving thousands of dollars. When Maintenance checks are conducted often small leaks are found that without the aid of Infrared are not visible and would go undetected or in the case of some water leaks until substantial damage has occurred. Thermal Imaging works particularly well for example on finding leaks in membrane roofs and plaster cladding which in the past have been almost impossible to locate. The standard practice in this situation was to completely strip the roof or cladding even when in some cases the membranes or cladding was still in good condition because the exact location of water entry could not be found. Infrared Inspections help avoid costly random destructive testing by pinpointing the exact location of problem areas. To find a leak in a home can be like looking for a needle in a hay stack without an infrared camera. A Thermal Imaging camera is not a magic wand, cannot see through walls and will not expose all defects. A Thermal Imaging camera is only an inspection tool, like all tools there are limitations, but with our experience, other inspection techniques and inspection tools will provide a broader, more comprehensive assessment of the condition of the inspected items.
