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Roof

 We detect and document roof moisture with infrared thermography.

Why use Infrared Thermography on Flat Roofs?

Infrared imaging is a proven method for identifying and defining moisture problems in your roof. This will enable you to develop a more sophisticated roof asset management program, make more informed decisions regarding roof budgets and will help you plan repairs.

As water enters your roof through the waterproofing layer(s) by tears, cuts, poorly sealed penetrations, failed flashings and caps, the insulation below can become laden with water and trapped in the roof substrate. If left in disrepair, the concrete deck absorbs or traps water, the wood deck rots. The metal deck rusts, and water intrudes into the building's interior. Infrared thermography is useful in locating these moisture intrusions.

By using infrared thermography, we find the trapped moisture and mark the wet areas so that repairs can be made surgically. This can save you money because you may not have to replace the roof as soon. By marking paint directly on the roof, repair areas can be seen by anyone standing on the roofs after the survey is performed.

How it Works

During the day, the sun radiates energy onto the roof and into the roof substrate, and then at night, the roof radiates the heat back into outer space. This is called radiational cooling. Areas of the roof that are of a higher mass (wet) retain this heat longer than that of the lower mass (dry) areas. Infrared imagers can detect this heat and "see" the warmer, higher mass areas, during the "window" of uneven heat dissipation. Heat loss and other IR services can be performed at the same time.

By using the information generated by a RoofScanIR report, the owner's roofing professional can recommend cost-effective removal and replacement of wet components. Problem areas can now be corrected without the tremendous expense of replacing the entire roof. 

Why ScanIR

We create detailed, high-quality and easy to understand reports documenting roof moisture. Roof professionals can then use the information to verify the wet areas and write specifications to repair the roof.

Local service with National Resources

Thermal Insight is an authorized RoofScanIR™ service provider.

Thermal Insight offers aerial infrared imaging through our affiliation with the AITscan Network!

AerialIR Surveying

Visual photographs are taken earlier in the day or the next day. Both visual and infrared images are used to do the analysis by overlaying the AutoCAD drawing of the roof 'over' the digitized photographs and thermographs. The drawings are created indicating areas of suspected moisture contamination.

 

The result is a report where visual, infrared and AutoCAD Components are well-matched and lined-up.

Reference list of RoofScanIR clients whose names you will recognize

 

Abbott Laboratories Anheuser-Busch Bank of America BE Aerospace Bechtel Nevada Becton Dickenson BFI Waste Systems Black & Decker Borden Chemical Bridgestone-Firestone Brown & Williams Tobacco Brown University Burlington Industries Busch Entertainment CB Richard Ellis CIBA Specialty Chemicals Cisco Systems ConAgra Continental General Tire Defense Information Agency Defense Logistics Agency DuPont Duke University ER Squibb & Sons EMC Corporation Eveready Battery Company Fleischmann's Yeast Ford Motor Company GAF Materials Gates Rubber Company Georgia-Pacific Glaxo-Smith-Kline Goodyear Tire Company Harley-Davidson Hatteras Yachts Hilton Hotels Hoechst Celanese Corporation Hospital Corporation of America International Paper Johnson Controls, Inc. Kelly-Springfield Tire Company K-Mart Corporation

Konica Manufacturing, USA Liebert Global Systems Litton Poly-Scientific Lockheed Martin Louisiana-Pacific Lowes Corporation Lucent Technologies MCI WorldCom Michelin Aircraft Tires Mount Olive Pickle Company NASA National Institute of Standards Nortel Networks Oxford Press Parker Hannifin Powertrain Perdue Farms PYA Monarch Quad Graphics Sara Lee Corporation SC Johnson Sheraton Hotels Smithfield Foods Soil and Materials Engineers Sumitomo Electric Lightwave The Coca-Cola Company Townsend Foods Trammel Crow Company Trizec Properties Tyson Foods United States Postal Service US Army US Army Corp of Engineers US EPA US Foods US Navy Wachovia Bank Walgreens Wal-Mart Stores Tremco Waterproofing Technologies Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines Xpedx ZF Meritor LLC

Please contact us if you have any questions.