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Sure Sight Home Inspection, Inc.
United States
Приєднався 14 вер 2020
Informational videos related to home inspections, real estate sales, infrared thermal imaging, general construction, and tools. The videos on this channel will cover a broad range of topics such as the home inspection business, general home repair and maintenance, tool use and reviews, building methods and construction materials. The purpose of the channel is to share the knowledge and experience of an experienced home inspector, trade contractors, and other real estate professionals.
Pre-Drywall Inspection Uncovers All Studs Too Short and Multiple Nails Missing Studs
This video shows a very common concern I find on many pre-drywall inspections. The studs are floating above the sill/bottom plate of the wall and not transferring the loads to the foundation walls as intended. There are also a number of nails that are supposed to secure the OSB exterior sheathing to the studs that have only glanced or completely missed the studs. This is why paying a good inspector (not a cheap one) is one of the best investments you can make during the home building process.
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How do Builders and Permit Inspectors Keep Missing These Huge Energy Loss Defects in New Homes?
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This video shows a significant but common insulation defect that we find on most older homes and even many new construction homes in NC. Lack of blocking and air sealing between joists and at utility chases will lead to substantial energy loss, increased utility bills, and overall reduced comfort in your new home. This video was shot at a new home during the 1-year builder warranty inspection. ...
New Home Common Defects #1. Huge Holes In Your Walls.
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In this video we show an improperly flashed and sealed hole in the wall for a tankless water heater vent. This is by far one of the most common defects we find on new home inspections in the Raleigh-Durham region. The siding contractor on this home did a great job, but a few weeks later the plumbing or mechanical contractor comes in and cuts out a huge hole in the wall. Because it was done afte...
How Many Inspectors Does It Take To Inspect a New Roof? (I wish this was a joke.)
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This video was recorded during a 1 year builder warranty inspection and shows multiple defects on a new roof. This home was already inspected two times by two different inspectors. First at the pre-drywall stage and second just before closing. Following the advice of her neighbors, this home owner contacted us to perform the 1 year warranty inspection for a third opinion. She was hesitant at fi...
Thermal Imaging Scan on New Construction Home Inspection Finds Significant Problems.
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This video is a walk through of a thermal imaging scan on a newly built home in Cary, NC. The new home was "completed" but the home inspector found significant defects including missing insulation in half of the ceilings and two water leaks. These concerns would not have been found for the home buyer if they didn't have a thermal imaging scan added to their pre purchase inspection. Similar cond...
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Awesome.
Been watching a bunch of these - they're very helpful. it's also reassuring me of a job well done when i added more insulation a few years back
very informative! booking today!
Why are you whispering?
The made the wall first and after they screwed it down to the hollow blocks. But anyway, all American houses looking like garden houses…..
Thank you for this educational video! I literally just added this to my home inspection package to be as thorough as possible.
Glad to hear it!
Hi mate, can you see stud work/joist locations using thermal imaging? Was looking at this for electrical work to work around studs etc
Yes, it's a very expensive stud finder too!
@@suresighthomeinspectioninc6540 I’m guessing the £250 ones won’t see it then 😂
With this technology being more affordable, dishonest builders are all fucked!
Hard to beat gravity with air gap
Ahh the missing nails from osb is nothing. That happens on every job.
The amount of hack work in today's homes is astounding. They are not carpenters, they are hacks.
The amount of hack work in today's homes is astounding. They are not carpenters, they are hacks.
The amount of hack work in today's homes is astounding. They are not carpenters, they are hacks.
They’re supposed to be 1/8th short to allow for settlement.
Those are tiny studs.
Maybe the framers were log cabin builders, you know trying to compensate for shrinkage, :-)
The builder should stop hiring meth heads just because they work fast. 🤔
I would question the quality of the wood thinking that they were wet when nailed together and shrunk up after sitting for awhile.. I lived in a rental about 30 years ago and there was a deck board that would shrink down over 2'' in the summer and look just fine in the winter
I was thinking wall built and then stood. When built the bottom plate was crowned upwards, and they nailed the studs. Upon tightening the foundation anchors it pulled bottom plate flat. Could be wrong. But seems odd to nail it like that..
So how do you recommend this be fixed? Just sloppy, careless work.
He doesn't know what caused it so he wouldn't know how to correct it.
Definitely the apprentice did this.
the cheap crews are all clowns like this
What makes you think that?
@@calebtaylor3835 top guy on the crew is not doing that job or completing it like that.
they are tyhe pricks who usually do the dumb stuff@@calebtaylor3835
More like day laborers from Lowe's parking lot.
Add a blower door to add valuable context to your ir views
Which camera are you using?
Very helpful. Would love to see more of these “what you found with a thermal camera” inspections.
Great video mate. Which city is this and what outside temperature did u take this video at? Are u trying to insulate for cooling or heating? Red hot means good heating in a cold country?
this is really kool
What camera is that
confirm your moisture with a moisture meter.
I recently purchased the FLIR TG165-X; would you expect these to be identified with this camera? or is it just not enough?
It's possible that it may detect them. The issue with the cheaper cameras is the sensitivity and resolution. Newer cameras have better resolution than previous models but the sensitivity is even more important and often lacking on these lower priced models. If there is a good enough temperature differential a cheaper camera can find just about anything. We use a high end professional camera and one of the main reasons is that we are often not working under "ideal" conditions.
I'm a homeowner of a condo on first floor. How do I contact you regarding my home I've lived in for 12-13 years and had found out have high read of mold in my home and in myself? Then who's responsible for this mess and who do I go after as far as legal if HOA and or upstairs landlord who I live below are not fessing up to this?
I am hoping someone can confirm the use of such a camera to find moles/voles in my yard? What I don't know is if the dirt would insulate the moles body heat?
Hi, I'm not an expert so don't take my words for it but from my understanding those cameras only show the heat of things directly in front of them, They cannot see through walls so you won't be able to find moles
@@elpoupa yeah. I was hopeful. But I believe you are right. Thanks for the information.
Any attempt to use a thermal camera outside should be done very carefully. Sunlight on the lens could permanently damage the thermal sensor inside. If you go outside after sunset, you might be able to see differences in temperature where the tunnels are, but you will be unlikely to see where the moles are located as there would be a delay in the time the moles body heat takes to reach the surface through the dirt. Grass will likely block the heat image, also. I don't think a thermal camera would give you usable results.
What type of thermal camera were you using?
good catches!
Great video thank you
Does it provide secondary development kit and have high frame rate, like InfiRay p2 pro?
How much additional do you charge for doing Thermal imaging for a home inspection?
I prefer to see how insulation is
I kept getting confused why the warm spots meant no insulation.... But then I realized that this is probably summer or some place where it's hot outside
I was thinking the same thing. Then I realized yeah it’s warm weather where he is. There’s snow on the ground where I am.
Attics, crawl spaces, and problems in the walls will show up differently, depending upon the time of year and temperature outside.
I have an IR camera and did my own inspection of my house. Shocked to find an interior wall blazing hot in the summer. This is the area the basement wood stove chimney goes to the roof.
Do you verify the possible moisture spots with a moisture meter?
You bet!
Look at those beautiful studs
They should have sealed that portion of the attic with the pipes first then cut holes for the pipes. Much easier than cutting something to fit after the fact.
Yep! And here I'm upset if I don't get a house under 2.0ACH! 😆
You can rent these cameras. Doesn't make sense to buy for most people.
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Excellent video!
Great presentation. Thank you for your time and effort to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia
Great video
The FLIR stuff is very low end. You should try an InfiSense P2 dongle.
Do you leave your camera on auto or manual? If manual what parameters are you using? Thanks
It depends on the conditions. I like to set up the interior by having all lights, appliances, and other heat generating things off. A/C or heat not running for at least 15 minutes to throw things off. Then auto can work well and is my preferred setting as there is not a 70f wall and 120f light to throw off the span in auto. When I am using manual, I usually set a 15f span for my interior scans. This works well if there are unavoidable heat sources such as lighting or if the HVAC is running.
How are you recording video, I thought that all FLIR cameras could only do images
This was recorded with our FLIR thermal camera, no extra steps. They have a range of cameras from the consumer grade that cost a few hundred dollars to cameras in the 10's of thousands. The lower priced units don't do much more than take a grainy image. The higher grade cameras can do much more!
I find it interesting there is almost no thermal bridging from the wall studs.