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Chris Roust
Site Admin
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
Posts: 65
Location: Juneau
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 Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: IR Cams - Are you using one? |
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I went to a seminar on use of infrared cameras at InspectionWorld. Seems lots of HI's are using them, some as a routine part of their inspections, some as an additional tool used when the inspector decides it would be useful and some as an additional service for an additional fee to be sold to the client on-site. Some use them for a form of energy audit and others for moisture detection. Most warned against routine use as it raises the bar and forces everyone to get one.
Personally, I have used my inexpensive, low resolution IR camera where a client was concerned about a cold area or moisture. I routinely use it when the client wants only a partial moisture inspection. I have not charged additionally for the use of the IR camera.
Do you use one? If so, how do you use it?
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Kevin Jones
Home Inspector
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
Posts: 27
Location: Anchorage
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Chris,
I use IR at the majority of inspections. Mainly as a diagnostic tool and to view inaccessible attic areas. No extra charge when used as diagnostic tool.
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Kevin D Jones
Quality Home Inspection
AK License #39
ICC Combination Residential Inspector
Level 1 Certifed Thermographer
ASHI Certified Member
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Patrick Hartshorn
Home Inspector
Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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Location: Wasilla
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I think they are an absolutely awesome tool for heat as Kevin shows and for potential moisture areas. The problem is that the ones we are required to use start at about $8k and I can't afford one yet. I use a digital thermometer and feel it works good for electrical and wall temps but is extremely limited compared to the IR.
I have been cautioned on using the IR (when I get it) as a standard part of my toolbox, I agree that it could suddenly become a "standard" and the dollar figures involved are high for a lot of inspectors. As I have said before, I feel our job is to disclose everything we can to the client but some feel that things like IR open up too big of a can of worms as it promotes the idea that an evasive measure may be needed to see what exactly is in that wall or attic space, etc. ???? Again this would fall back to people getting upset that we did something that creates too big of a picture of the home and could kill sales?
What do you think??
Pat
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Carol Perkins
Home Inspector
Joined: 25 Jan 2008
Posts: 52
Location: Mat-Su Valleys
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I use my Flir mostly when I am doing an pre-improvement rating. It shows the customer graphically where the air leakage is coming from. For some reason that pink and blue picture makes a bigger impression that feeeling the cold air rushing in. I have used them during existing home inspections but tell the customer it is not part of the inspection report just a practice so to speak. I think that with in the next couple of years the will become the norm rather than the exception.
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