Where Does Heat Go?
In a thermal image, cold surfaces are shown darker than light, warm surfaces. I got a call for a cold top floor apartment in a building with a functioning heating system. I took this thermal image and revealed what looks like a past roof leak had compromised the insulation at the ceiling level and the…
In a thermal image, cold surfaces are shown darker than light, warm surfaces.
I got a call for a cold top floor apartment in a building with a functioning heating system. I took this thermal image and revealed what looks like a past roof leak had compromised the insulation at the ceiling level and the wall below (shown in blue).
How important is insulation? This apartment is about 8 degrees cooler than the one next to it.
“I wander how does the thermal picture of the woman look like”
If you’re married, a deep blue 🙂
I wander how does the thermal picture of the woman look like
This is another room in the same apartment:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatewayplumbing/4254637583/?edited=1
To get your bearings, that is a ceiling fan on the top right of the frame.
Notice the dark spots in random parts of the ceiling.
Steam Man, HVAC porn can be SO hot, huh? I love this stuff, but I told the client they’ll need to speak to a roofing or insulation contractor to correct what the image is showing.
Master P,
Very fn cool! Wow, that is like HVAC porn!
By the looks of it I would have to agree with the hidden chimney theory. Stupid question, have you had anyone up on the roof to see where a chimney may have been? Any current holes in the coping at the roof? Loose stones? Etc?
-Steam Man
All,
As Denton said, this is taken with my handheld thermal imaging camera. It eliminates a lot of guesswork when determining how heat moves, where it goes, what works and doesn’t, where heat is lost and gained, and much more.
I will concede that there may be a chimney in that wall, but a thermal survey of the rest of that ceiling exposed many other spots that were very likely water damage. Water meeting insulation often irreversibly alters its density and it shows as being inconsistent with the unaffected materials. Keep in mind there is framing in that cold wall too, that will direct and contain a water leak.
Fun stuff, right?!
tsa et al, this is taken by a thermal imaging camera, all those guys that do energy audits have them. flir.com. I believe the cost is down to around 5k.
Its a new app on the iphone. .99 cents.
Where do you get the pix & how much does it cost?
Agreed, tsarina. I would so love to get shots like this of my house. What did you use to get this pic?