Real Estate Due Diligence Infrared - Part 3

So I've been telling you about a commercial roof scan as part of a Real Estate Due Diligence Infrared project in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (A Day in the Life of a Thermographer Part 1 and Part II).


I also had to scan the building itself. One challenge with EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finishing System) is that it is dependent upon proper installing. If flashing installing isn't properly installed around the windows, water can get in and pool, resulting is structural damage that you can't see until it becomes extensive, resulting in large repair bills.


This means I needed to "see" if water had penetrated below the surface or caulk and see if the wood underneath was soaked.

Just like scanning a roof, I needed to check the daytime heat of the sheathing and how it cooled down at night. Remember that a wet surface will take a longer time to cool - so if there were areas that cooled down at a different rate, we would know that moisture had gotten in.

View with infrared and without.

Of course, I took a lot more pictures than this, but this gives you an idea of what it looked like during the day and then at night with the thermal scan.


So far so good. Next week, I'll tell you results of what I found.


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