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From: vjp2.at on 4 Jul 2010 17:32 I knew someone who got some used fancy oilfield devices and imaged houses to find leaks using not only infrared but some pretty fancy math to compare how the images changed as the temperature changed during the day to night cycle. I gotta wonder if this has advanced much in the decade since. I have some siding, poynting and roof leaks, whose repair would be a lot less costly if I could get a cheap imaging analysis. - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2 ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
From: Rich Webb on 4 Jul 2010 18:18 On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:32:46 +0000 (UTC), vjp2.at(a)at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote: > >I knew someone who got some used fancy oilfield devices and imaged >houses to find leaks using not only infrared but some pretty fancy >math to compare how the images changed as the temperature changed >during the day to night cycle. I gotta wonder if this has advanced >much in the decade since. Well, the cost of the imagers has come down. The Extech/FLIR line has one below $2K now. I keep trying to come up with a good enough excuse to get one ... http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechI5.html -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
From: harry on 5 Jul 2010 01:27 On Jul 4, 10:32 pm, vjp2...(a)at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote: > I knew someone who got some used fancy oilfield devices and imaged > houses to find leaks using not only infrared but some pretty fancy > math to compare how the images changed as the temperature changed > during the day to night cycle. I gotta wonder if this has advanced > much in the decade since. > > I have some siding, poynting and roof leaks, whose repair would be a > lot less costly if I could get a cheap imaging analysis. > > - = - > Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist > http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2 > ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed..}--- > [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] > [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] I don't see how you expect IR devices to find roof leaks on your house. IR devices are commonly used to find areas of poor thermal insulation.
From: vjp2.at on 5 Jul 2010 13:13 Thanks. The idea is to throw water and see where it goes. Insulation damage is insulation dmamage, water or wind. I called the expert, who I respect a lot, and he basically offered to look at it at his hourly rate. His expertise is probably worth more than the equipment, but I have to compare that cost to the cost of just adding a new layer of siding (with energy stimulus). And,worse of all, I have a co-owner who is reluctant to do anything. - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2 ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
From: hr(bob) hofmann on 5 Jul 2010 15:34
On Jul 5, 12:13 pm, vjp2...(a)at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote: > Thanks. The idea is to throw water and see where it goes. > Insulation damage is insulation dmamage, water or wind. > > I called the expert, who I respect a lot, and he basically offered to > look at it at his hourly rate. His expertise is probably worth more > than the equipment, but I have to compare that cost to the cost of > just adding a new layer of siding (with energy stimulus). And,worse > of all, I have a co-owner who is reluctant to do anything. > > - = - > Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist > http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2 > ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed..}--- > [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards] > [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos] How is water going to tell you where the leaks are. It will just disappear into the house, not show up on IR imaging? |