Cool Infrared Inspection Video

I was on an insurance claim and shot this 36 second infrared video. It was kinda by accident but turned out so cool! It's worth watching... http://youtu.be/VpPhE4PLF3U

My son Clint and the crew went and got trained and certified by BASF to do interior foam last year. BASF has their act together and have been really helpful at getting us up to speed quickly. We do the interior foam work for 2 home builders in Lubbock now and are hot on the heels of a 3rd.

While interior SPF isn't as profitable as roofing, it gives us work to do when it's windy or rainy and we can't spray roofs. The downside is, when the builder is ready for the foamers, he wants you there right now so the sheetrockers can follow.

I think thermal imagers in the hands of those with actual roofing experience, are a lot more useful and effective than in the hands of those thermographers with no roofing experience. Even Level III Thermographers in my Snell class were misdiagnosing anomalies that were simply a patched area of the roof hidden by gravel.

I use my infrared on insurance claims now: This one showed more damage and was able to provide a more accurate claim for the insured.

I had a asphalt/gravel this year (2013) which I was assigned for a reinspect and was able to show the moisture intrusion inside the building- looks like it is going to be paid. I hope to be more popular as a IA with insurance underwriters and claims service companies this year.

I did too... I was able to use when my house was being built and pointed out several areas of missed insulation in the main house. I am using spray-in on my new office/man cave, no missed areas will be expected.

I came beebopping in my front door just after taking my Snell Infrared class, ready to take on the world with my thermal imager. My first discovery came 30 minutes after I got home from Kansas City: My own home was missing insulation in the walls. :-)

that was my first conclusion, obvious... But, this is a tilt up wall, the vertical lines you see are furring strips for the interior sheet rock. I though it was bats but the maintenance guy said no insulation was in the wall????

theroofmedic Said: This was an insurance claim inspection on the ice storm that hit the DFW Metroplex. I could not resist taking an image of the wall. Any guess what the pattern is?

Maybe insulation bats sliding, or maybe sheets of ice on exterior melting.

This was an insurance claim inspection on the ice storm that hit the DFW Metroplex. I could not resist taking an image of the wall. Any guess what the pattern is?

This was a TPO roof that had three small holes and look at the damage it was causing!

This one was from a poorly installed balcony. The roofing contractor could not locate the source of the leak. They had installed a Modified Bitumen and a decorative wood deck over it. The super did not inspect the mod bit prior to the installation of the wood deck and most of the laps were loose at the wall kickers and the collector box was not installed properly.

This one was interesting. The entire high rise had to be inspected, condo unit by condo unit. The fire sprinkler system was leaking and causing damage. At first they thought it was just a few units where water stains appeared, it turned out to be the one whole floor,dozens of units... hidden moisture! I felt sorry for the sprinkler contractor.

Infrared is becoming easier and easier as time marches on, not to mention a lot more affordable then when you started.

My Level I test after the Snell Infrared course involved a similar "experiment" using various water temperatures to show a grasp of infrared theory. It was a little hard for me as my Raytheon was not radiometric and I had to use software to estimate temps.

This was a classic- The home owner had his roofer out twice to fix the leak... WELL....

This was a BPI inspection: REMEMBER: Life is full of dragons and behind every dragon is heat...even if it is just missing insulation... there is still heat!