Hmmmm...all references to Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart aside, what really IS behind your drywall? How do you know that your concrete masonry walls are properly reinforced using concrete grouting and rebar?
Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) or 'block' walls are everywhere - in buildings of every kind, size, and shape. After the CMU wall is built, it can be painted or it might get a brick facing or a stucco finish. It's almost impossible to see any structural integrity issues at this point!
In the past, the only way a building owner could tell if quality work was done was to drill or hammer holes into the concrete wall. Of course, this only gives you a small sample size - which means you could have massive structural integrity issues only a few feet away from the hole! The most popular way to make sure that grouting and rebar in place is to require the builders to install inspections port, cut into the block faces. This is a very costly, time-consuming and sloppy method.
Of course with infrared thermography, we now have an easy way to find structural deficiencies in either the components (like the concrete blocks, grouting, and rebar) or in the building's thermal envelope. Make sure your building is safe and efficient!
IR Infrared Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial and residential end users in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit www.irinfraredservices.com or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/infraredscans
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