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Old 10/4/10, 5:18 AM
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Two wet drywall areas in a townhome, one located finished basement, other 2nd floor ceiling. Both would be missed without IR. Clients are always amazed!


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Old 10/4/10, 6:22 AM
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What was behind/above them? In other words, what caused them?
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Old 10/4/10, 7:25 AM
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Wet wall suspected intrusion behind exterior vinyl siding, recommended contractor remove lower section of siding to evaluate. Vaulted ceiling, very restricted attic access, suspect roof leak. Roof was too high for safe access with my 28' ladder.



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Old 10/4/10, 8:18 AM
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Ah yes is it not great when you find that.


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Old 10/4/10, 9:59 AM
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We had our first rain on Sunday... Every one dust off your cameras.

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Old 10/4/10, 11:29 AM
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We had our first rain on Sunday... Every one dust off your cameras.

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No need to dust off mine...I've utilized mine during the summer.
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Old 10/4/10, 12:40 PM
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No need to dust off mine...I've utilized mine during the summer.
Your a good boy then David

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Old 10/4/10, 4:51 PM
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we have had one of our wettest summers here in Calgary, I use my D50 FLIR on every inspection and yes my clients are amazed at what it reveals.


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Old 10/4/10, 6:13 PM
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Good catch


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Old 10/5/10, 11:56 AM
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can't miss what you cant see.
don't ya mean "undetected"?
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Old 10/5/10, 12:08 PM
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No, I would not say "undetected". There are plenty of people here that say that you can identify water lakes without needing thermal imaging equipment!

Mr. Evans, you should be ashamed of yourself for trying to hold yourself above the other home inspectors here!

Now that we got that out of the way...

Good job!


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Just curious but how do you know it was not missing insulation?
Was it confirmed by moisture meter?
Also do you check outside to look for missing flashing,downspout,etc?
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Old 10/5/10, 12:24 PM
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doesn't he have a moisture meter stuck in the ceiling in one of those photographs?


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Old 10/5/10, 12:32 PM
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The normal photo is not stucco.(but yes he does)
I was blinded by the colors.
Does that say 83%?
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Old 10/5/10, 4:38 PM
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The normal photo is not stucco.(but yes he does)
I was blinded by the colors.
Does that say 83%?
That's our Bob. Always distrcated by the pretty colors.


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