Infrared Thermal Image Camera

A lot is often made by wall coating companies and specialist render salesman about the insulation effects of their products without having any scientific test results or paperwork to back up their claims .

Wethertex believe strongly that any claims about a product should be backed up with proof otherwise they can be dismissed as “salesman’s patter ” . It is for this reason that we have invested in two FLIR infrared thermal imaging cameras which show the heat loss from walls and roofs etc and therefore can demonstrate the improvements our coatings deliver.

Infrared Cameras Uncover Poor Insulation

As the picture above shows the roof is blue in colour so is nice and cold ie well insulated with very little heat escaping through it.

In stark contrast we see that the walls are coloured red which proves that a lot of costly heat – and carbon emissions – is pouring out the house. For more details on insulating a solid wall home click external wall insulation

With funds for most people being tight for the forseeable future an infrared thermal imaging scan can help the home-owner decide where best to spend his money to maximise the savings in energy use and thereby save the most on the winter heating bills.

Thermal Imaging Highlights Penetrating Damp

Another really effective use of infra red camera technology that a thermal scan of the house can illustrate is how water penetration into the outer leaf of the wall drops the temperature and leads to internal condensation damp.

In this instance the infraed survey is conducted on the internal walls when the heating has been on for over an hour. The point here is to see how warm or otherwise the inside surface of the wall is in comparison to an internal wall. In a lot of cases the temperature difference is quite staggering and immediately explains why damp and black spot mould is attacking certain walls and not others.

Wall coatings can help reduce heat loss

The below image shows a house whose walls are nice and dry and as a result its thermal efficiency is greatly increased leading to heat being retained inside the home and a nice cold outer leaf :

Seeing is Believing !

The next time someone tells you their coating or paint will keep the walls drier or warmer then ask to see the proof of what they claim rather than taking it at face value.

At Wethertex we offer a thermal scan to all home-owners interested in finding out just how well their walls,roofs and glazing are performing in keeping that expensive heat on the inside of the house and not in the air outside.

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