Thermal Imaging Scan on New Construction Home Inspection Finds Significant Problems.
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- čas přidán 15. 09. 2020
- This video is a walk through of a thermal imaging scan on a newly built home in Cary, NC. The new home was "completed" but the home inspector found significant defects including missing insulation in half of the ceilings and two water leaks. These concerns would not have been found for the home buyer if they didn't have a thermal imaging scan added to their pre purchase inspection. Similar conditions are found often on new home inspections in North Carolina.
Finding the water leaks before visual indication is something I would not have thought of. I am baffled as to why there would be no access to part of the attic. Roofs leak, critters find a way in... Thank you for taking the time educate us.
Very helpful. Would love to see more of these “what you found with a thermal camera” inspections.
Excellent - would love to see more example videos like this.
Wow! That's amazing and totally worth any extra money the potential new homeowners paid for it!
Great presentation. Thank you for your time and effort to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia
Thank you for this educational video! I literally just added this to my home inspection package to be as thorough as possible.
Glad to hear it!
This is genuinely interesting. Nice work!
Thanks!
Awesome explanation. Thank you!
Bought myself a CAT S62 Pro a little while ago.
It got the FLiR 3.5 thermal sensor. And now my phone has one more use!
Thanks for the video. :)
Amazing that a phone can have an air quality sensor, distance measurer, and thermal imaging capabilities! Have fun with it.
@@Lorin-GabrielLeaua-fm1lw You can, but as a "civilian" device it is limited to 5 FPS.
I love your work. It is very honest
Very educating! Thank you.
Excellent video!
good catches!
Very informative tips👏
Was thinking to get HT-301 to check thermal leaks, electrical faults before an inspection. And for electronic diagnostics at work.
Great video thank you
That is pretty bad ass! I picked up a HUD repo built in 1925, beautiful old home but I was unprepared for the heating bills. I need to get a thermal camera to see where my money needs to go first. i bet the energy savings over time would easily justify buying one of those. Nice demonstration.
Seems the money should be spent on insulation first. Start in the attic and work down.
You can rent cameras like this from the big box stores as well.
Get a blowerdoor+ ir to get actionable answers - clockwise IR around house, then repeat w BD on ... If below freezing, turn off BD after ~15 min to have "equal" views of walls & ceilings - esp look at common wall behind a (kitchen/bathroom) drop soffit
Great video, tnx
I kept getting confused why the warm spots meant no insulation.... But then I realized that this is probably summer or some place where it's hot outside
I was thinking the same thing. Then I realized yeah it’s warm weather where he is. There’s snow on the ground where I am.
Attics, crawl spaces, and problems in the walls will show up differently, depending upon the time of year and temperature outside.
I have an IR camera and did my own inspection of my house. Shocked to find an interior wall blazing hot in the summer. This is the area the basement wood stove chimney goes to the roof.
Excellent!!!
What type of thermal camera were you using?
How much additional do you charge for doing Thermal imaging for a home inspection?
Does it provide secondary development kit and have high frame rate, like InfiRay p2 pro?
I find it interesting there is almost no thermal bridging from the wall studs.
Great video mate. Which city is this and what outside temperature did u take this video at? Are u trying to insulate for cooling or heating? Red hot means good heating in a cold country?
Great video
Which camera are you using?
What camera is that
The FLIR stuff is very low end. You should try an InfiSense P2 dongle.
I'm a homeowner of a condo on first floor. How do I contact you regarding my home I've lived in for 12-13 years and had found out have high read of mold in my home and in myself? Then who's responsible for this mess and who do I go after as far as legal if HOA and or upstairs landlord who I live below are not fessing up to this?
this is really kool
good stuff :)
I prefer to see how insulation is
Great work!!! Looking at the new E76. What size lens did you use for the inspection?
This is the 42 deg. lens.
@@suresighthomeinspectioninc6540 Beautiful! That's what I ordered...
confirm your moisture with a moisture meter.
Do you leave your camera on auto or manual? If manual what parameters are you using? Thanks
It depends on the conditions. I like to set up the interior by having all lights, appliances, and other heat generating things off. A/C or heat not running for at least 15 minutes to throw things off. Then auto can work well and is my preferred setting as there is not a 70f wall and 120f light to throw off the span in auto. When I am using manual, I usually set a 15f span for my interior scans. This works well if there are unavoidable heat sources such as lighting or if the HVAC is running.
I recently purchased the FLIR TG165-X; would you expect these to be identified with this camera? or is it just not enough?
It's possible that it may detect them. The issue with the cheaper cameras is the sensitivity and resolution. Newer cameras have better resolution than previous models but the sensitivity is even more important and often lacking on these lower priced models. If there is a good enough temperature differential a cheaper camera can find just about anything. We use a high end professional camera and one of the main reasons is that we are often not working under "ideal" conditions.
Do you verify the possible moisture spots with a moisture meter?
You bet!
How are you recording video, I thought that all FLIR cameras could only do images
This was recorded with our FLIR thermal camera, no extra steps. They have a range of cameras from the consumer grade that cost a few hundred dollars to cameras in the 10's of thousands. The lower priced units don't do much more than take a grainy image. The higher grade cameras can do much more!
What type of camera did you use?
Probably a Flir camera.
Hi mate, can you see stud work/joist locations using thermal imaging? Was looking at this for electrical work to work around studs etc
Yes, it's a very expensive stud finder too!
@@suresighthomeinspectioninc6540 I’m guessing the £250 ones won’t see it then 😂
Great video, thanks. I’m both registered Architect & builder and found the quality of the image amazing and to have this capability to find hidden defects really very useful. That said, I just can’t quantify the prize tag of the E75. It’s most useful for your company as you probably use it often but I buy, design, build and sell bespoke new house every 2 years. Can’t afford that price for the limited time I will use it. What are your views on something like the Flir One Pro 3? Have you used it and if yes, will it be able to pick up most of the detail you found? Love seeing location of each stud / rafters. Vices, etc. thanks again
A camera like this is definitely not something that you would want to buy as a home owner, or any kind of "occasional" use. It would be much cheaper and you would have better results hiring this out as-needed for your situation. Just like it would be foolish to buy 5-10k worth of photo equipment to take a family portrait every 2-3 years.
@@suresighthomeinspectioninc6540 thanks for reply. That was my impression as well. Wasn’t sure if the cheaper phone models were any good/worth it for occasional use. But man, that unit of yours really impressed me and highlighted the great functionality of them. Thanks again
Why not rent one. Lots of construction rental services rent out an FLIR so just shop around and get an idea of what model they offer. The more you use a good one, the faster you will be in doing a survey and you can download the data for analysis later. The smartphone adapters could be used to see if there is initially see if there are big problems and then use the rental one for more detail. After all its the results the customer (and you) want not the camera
@@suresighthomeinspectioninc6540 you didn’t answer the full q btw
@@donnyelbaz8725 of course not. He is supporting his trade by suggesting to just hire it out. But the phone adapter models would not provide the resolution needed for this level of detail. They are great for hobby applications such as paranormal investigation or looking for big foot. Lol
Whats is best for a home inspection infrared or thermo imaging ? Or is the same ? Thanks
Same thing;)
@@suresighthomeinspectioninc6540 IR and thermal are two entirely different spectrums, but they are close in frequency. A thermal imager won't even see IR light. Likewise, an IR imager won't see thermal energy.
Infrared is a higher frequency than thermal. Security cameras can have an infrared feature where they use an IR LED to light an area and allow you to see in total darkness. The image will be in black and white. Thermal is different. All materials emit thermal energy. IR does not use the temperature of an object. It bounces IR light off of the object. Thermal uses only the temperature of an object.
I can only dream about keep a house cool :(
Can you explain how using this device can help identify spy bugs that may have been installed and also what is the device model you're using? I suspect hidden bugs were installed by hidden wifi power receptacle outlets, spy light bulbs, and also I noticed when I use the negative polarity camera lens on my phone that the door knobs emits a bight light where the screws are. Pls help
You don't need that, just search for anything that looks like a small phone camera lens, there's no technology to hide a camera so you will always see a black dot no matter what.
What Scanner did you use on this inspection? Great video!
FLIR E75
Literally says it in the first 15 seconds of the video.
@@RealPrimusPalus You know someone didn't watch the entire video... one of those "clickers" who doesn't have time but then has time to type something that was already addressed. Got to love people, but there is still hope for humanity!
which cam
E75
welcome. Can it reveal what is in the land of about one or two meters or more? Please reply to my comment
I wish! No telling what you would find. Unfortunately it won't see into the ground. It is only reading the surface temperature. If there is something very warm or cold in a certain area that could show up at the surface temperature.
I am hoping someone can confirm the use of such a camera to find moles/voles in my yard? What I don't know is if the dirt would insulate the moles body heat?
Hi, I'm not an expert so don't take my words for it but from my understanding those cameras only show the heat of things directly in front of them, They cannot see through walls so you won't be able to find moles
@@elpoupa yeah. I was hopeful. But I believe you are right. Thanks for the information.
Any attempt to use a thermal camera outside should be done very carefully. Sunlight on the lens could permanently damage the thermal sensor inside. If you go outside after sunset, you might be able to see differences in temperature where the tunnels are, but you will be unlikely to see where the moles are located as there would be a delay in the time the moles body heat takes to reach the surface through the dirt. Grass will likely block the heat image, also. I don't think a thermal camera would give you usable results.
You can rent these cameras. Doesn't make sense to buy for most people.
Look at those beautiful studs
contractor worst nightmare, a dud with thermal imaging walking around
LOL true but it’s our job as builders to do better. Adding A thermal camera to our arsenal can help prevent warranty work, damages, and headaches.
Most contractors are a joke. You guys say contractor like its a prestigious title. It's just another word for unskilled
If contractors inspected the subs work there would never be an issue.
that was nice but i dont have 5,000+ to pay for a camera 1,500 most
Get yourself an CAT phone instead, I picked up an CAT S60 phone which has an FLIR thermal imaging camera built in, I've used it already to survey my home and it worked great, much lower resolution than the one shown in the video but it only cost me £136 ($180) at the time of purchase.
pretty sure you can rent it also. Near my place it's 60$ a day rental.
Add a blower door to add valuable context to your ir views
I guess the city/county inspector was sitting in his or her car smoking weed the day insulation was signed off on.
This video is just showing how much insulation they miss. On the average new home inspection I find on average of 20+ repair items that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. Most homes have bad roofing and siding installs. More than half have HVAC systems installed wrong. About 1/4 have some structural issues that need engineering design to repair. I often wonder the same thing about some of the city inspectors here.
@@suresighthomeinspectioninc6540 As a HI I hear you. This one is a little crazy as it should have been caught if the inspector actually stepped in the home to sign off.
@@billryan8721 It's amazing the number of things found every day that should have been caught by somebody .
With this technology being more affordable, dishonest builders are all fucked!
Take your mask off, you're all alone.
Bahh