Thermal Imaging Home Inspection Ottawa & Gatineau

Our infrared camera offers a non-invasive means of monitoring the condition of buildings
providing on-site high-resolution thermal imagery, revealing potential structural and moisture
issues as well as energy efficiency issues. Thermographic inspection images produced by an
infrared camera during an inspection allow for quick and accurate identification of defects that
may not always be immediately apparent to the naked eye.

Tools Used For Thermal

Imaging Home
Inspection

Inspec-Pro Home Inspection

uses equipment that meets
Canadian Government
Standards (NMS 022713) for
our thermographic inspections
or, thermal imaging home
inspections. We use a very
specific protocol focused on
identifying thermal anomalies
during the inspection and our
inspectors have been trained on the equipment and the standard practice by leaders in
thermographic training.

How Thermographic Inspections Works

While there are other infrared thermography tools available, such as spot radiometers, thermal
line scanners and other imaging systems, a thermal imaging camera is the most accurate device
to use for inspections. The camera reads infrared radiation in order to express heat differences
and temperature signatures.
The camera sees light that is within the heat spectrum that exists just beyond the spectrum that
can be seen with the naked eye. Differing heat signatures are displayed in the camera’s
viewfinder as a gradient colour scheme, with hotter areas displayed as brighter colours, and
cooler areas as darker colours.
An inspector can view this information thermographic inspection in order to make observations
and find defects. By viewing the hottest and coldest areas, inspectors can collect valuable data
about the building envelope. Images taken with the IR camera can be included alongside digital
photos of the same problem area in the inspection report.