Moisture
Hidden water intrusion
Cool, damp patterns behind drywall and in basements reveal active leaks long before stains appear.
What It Is
How infrared imaging works during an inspection.
A thermal camera reads the surface temperature of every wall, ceiling, and floor it's pointed at. Materials that are wet, poorly insulated, or carrying an electrical fault sit at a different temperature than everything around them — and that difference shows up as a pattern we can investigate.
Why It Matters in Minnesota
Our winters make infrared sharper.
Thermal imaging depends on a temperature difference between inside and outside — and in Hutchinson, that gap is enormous for most of the year. When it's below zero outside and 70°F inside, missing attic insulation, drafty rim joists, and the moisture trail left behind by an ice dam light up clearly. That same contrast also exposes radiant heat loss around windows and recessed lights that a summer inspection might soften.
- Ice-dam moisture tracked from the eave down into ceilings and walls.
- Missing or settled attic insulation that drives up heating bills.
- Air leaks at rim joists, outlets, and window frames.
- Overheating breakers and loose electrical connections.
