Ok let talk about thermal imaging or its technical name infrared thermal imaging.

Unless you work in the building or inspections industries you probably don’t know exactly what thermal imaging is and why you should want it on a property inspections. lets begin by clarifying what thermal imaging wont do.

1. Thermal imaging isn’t x ray. it wont see through walls, floors etc.

2. It will not see through water or glass.

All objects with a temperature above absolute zero emit infrared radiation. The hotter an object gets, the more infrared radiation it emits. These emissions cannot be seen with the naked eye. However, a thermal imager can detect infrared radiation emitted from an object,

So with that in mind what will it find?

1. cold spots in walls, ceiling or floors (which may be conducive to mold, decay, plumbing leaks or general moisture penetrations)

2. Hot spots in walls, ceiling or floors (which may be conducive to electrical issues , heat or a/c or deficient insulation.

Thermal imaging isn’t perfect and rely’s heavily on the operator’s interpretation of what they are seeing and understanding of the system or area they are looking at with the thermal camera.

if you wish to learn more about thermal imaging please feel free to visit our site which has a video about thermal imaging. or click the link below

http://www.prairiebuildinginspections.com/services/thermal-imaging/

I get asked a lot if a new house should have a home inspection and the answer is always yes,but you would expect me to say that right.
The new home builder has to coordinate a lot of systems and different contractors all arriving at a specified time to get the end result of a new home for you.
There are so many thing that can go wrong it always amazes me that it most instances they get it right.
That’s why they give a 12 month warranty to cover the things that may have been missed. Is it not better to catch the problems before they are a problem and before the warranty runs out.
If the home has a 12 month warrantee and you get to 13 months you may have a devil of a job to get the builder to come back and fix it.
So my advice is to get your new home inspected as soon as you move in so you can get all the problems fixed before the warranty runs out. This will give you peace of mind and may save you a lot of heartache.

We have had a lot of rain this year and the ground is very wet. This has caused all sort of problems in peoples basements. After talking with my Insurance broker about this issue, Here is a tip ,File a claim with your insurance company even if you know it will be turned down because when you have the rejection you may be able to claim something from the Goverment under the disaster relief but they will only consider it if your claim has been rejected by your insurance company.