I have had a leak in my dining room for 5 years.....I have tried everything and paid a local roofing company lots of money to supposedly fix the problem. I have a bay in my dining room with a copper roof...I have made sure that the seal between the copper and stone facade is definitely air tight, I think the water is coming from somwhere else and getting behind the stone and running down into my dining room bay. When katrina came through I had about 6-8 inches fill a bucket, but it only leaks when we have substantial rain I think a thermal might help me out......anyone know where I can get a thermal inspector for the st. charles county, mo area?
Mike____________________
Hi all:
I am new to this board. Carl Brown asked me to respond to this message, so...
Dale Duffy is correct. The world needs to know just how useful IR can be to find moisture in buildings.
We have built, and are building a larger, network of thermographers that can handle the work. The potential is huge owing to the fact that the IR cameras have become a low-priced (~5K for starter cameras) commodity in the past few years due to the advancements in uncooled technology.
Moisture (and heat loss) in buildings are applications that beg for infrared. The IR part is relatively easy to learn once one understands buildings. That is the key. Here is the web site of a fellow in Phoenix (Ray Olsen) who understands both...
www.azenergydetective.com . Dale, you should meet Ray and work with him. I predict it won't be long before you get an IR camera yourself.
Mike: As for a thermographer in your area...I will find you one.
Greg S.
