IR home leak imaging

 


I knew someone who got some used fancy oilfield devices and imaged
houses to find leaks using not only infrared but some pretty fancy
math to compare how the images changed as the temperature changed
during the day to night cycle. I gotta wonder if this has advanced
much in the decade since.

I have some siding, poynting and roof leaks, whose repair would be a
lot less costly if I could get a cheap imaging analysis.


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On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:32:46 +0000 (UTC),
vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:


Well, the cost of the imagers has come down. The Extech/FLIR line has
one below $2K now. I keep trying to come up with a good enough excuse to
get one ...

http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechI5.html

--
Rich Webb     Norfolk, VA

 

What about a dye that is colorful when wet and white when dry, so it
could detect leaks in wallks and even grout because the leak stays wet
longer than the rest?

That cool IR cam Rich posted really got my engineering interest alerted!

PS, water keeps a leak damp and has a different temperature signature
than the rest of the wall. But that is why a day and night IR picture
helps track the different temperature changes.

   perused:

*+-On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:32:46 +0000 (UTC),
*+-vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

*+->
*+->I knew someone who got some used fancy oilfield devices and imaged
*+->houses to find leaks using not only infrared but some pretty fancy
*+->math to compare how the images changed as the temperature changed
*+->during the day to night cycle. I gotta wonder if this has advanced
*+->much in the decade since.

*+-Well, the cost of the imagers has come down. The Extech/FLIR line has
*+-one below $2K now. I keep trying to come up with a good enough excuse to
*+-get one ...

*+-http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechI5.html

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On Jul 5, 1:42 pm, vjp2...@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

Rit dye.

David A. Smith

 

On Jul 4, 10:32 pm, vjp2...@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

I don't see how you expect IR devices to find roof leaks on your
house.  IR devices are commonly used to find areas of poor thermal
insulation.