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Postby charged_rs » Mon, 15 Aug 2011 8:15 +0000

Now summer is nearly over and winter quickly approaching ......

How many on here would consider having a thermal imaging survey carried out on their home to find out where you are losing valuable heat ?
Pinpointing areas of concern so you can investigate further / carry out remedial work / insulation etc ?

i know some companies charge crazy money(600+) for this service but if you could get your home survey carried out for approx £100 would you do it ?
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thermal imaging survey of your home

Postby mx5ash » Mon, 15 Aug 2011 8:46 +0000

Yeah for that kind of money I would. Assume you would advise on best action to take to fix issues.
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Re: thermal imaging survey of your home

Postby charged_rs » Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:02 +0000

mx5ash wrote:Yeah for that kind of money I would. Assume you would advise on best action to take to fix issues.


hmm not really ash. I would alaways advise speaking to a contractor for most cost effective way to fix the problem.

Thermal image identifies 99.9% of the problem areas and allows you to cost effectively target the areas

I was a project manager for several years and i used these to make sure our retail units were with spec etc

The thermal image shows any anomalies in the structure through temperature differences. In most cases its easy to resolve , some times it takes a little further investigation.

Some of the walls i have scanned on a few new build properties have been missing insulation in several places...scary really what the thermal cam shows up, Windows not installed correctly, outside heating boilers with no lagging on pipes underground, radiators with several cold spots due to blocked passages and build up of sludge etc

My brothers house in only 3 years old and i scanned it last week for him>>>>i was able to give him enough evidence to go back to the builder to have remedial work arranged FOC as the property wasnt to spec.

if you look at the following image , this is the sort of info a report gives
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Re: thermal imaging survey of your home

Postby leamyj » Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:33 +0000

Very interesting.......currently rebuilding a house, the buzz word is insulation,insulation and insulation.
I know there are firms out there providing a thermal imaging service, I don't know what they charge for their services, but there's bound to be a market as selling/renting property nowadays requires BER's.
£100 per house seems like good value to my untrained eye

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