Your Home and Infrared Inspection Services

Infrared Inspection Services

Valley Home Inspection is proud to be one of the first Home Inspection companies in the Boise area to offer residential Infrared Inspection Services.  Residential Infrared Inspection Services preformed by Valley Home Inspection provide you, by far, the best dollar value for the visual inspection of your residential property. You will actually see any problem areas, as well as the good areas, of your property and have the information readily available to you in a documented report. Infrared gives you the visual information and a thermal perspective of your home that conventional home inspection methods can't give you. Infrared is the emerging state-of the-art technology application you should strongly consider when having your home inspected.

This is fast becoming one of the quickest growing infrared technology applications. More and more home owners are realizing the importance afforded them from an infrared home inspection. From seeing what you are getting in a new home purchase, to finding current home problems in making corrective action determinations and cost decisions, to knowing how and where you need to make improvements in cutting down your utility bills, making your home as efficient as possible. Infrared can do this for you and show you actual images of exactly where you need to spend money and resources.

An Infrared inspection will:

  • Locate and document heat loss and cold air infiltration in walls, ceilings, floors, doors and windows
  • Inspect the condition of the electrical, mechanical and roof
  • Locate water intrusion or moisture problems
  • Determine the probability of pest infestation
  • Quickly assess the possibility of mold contaminants by locating high moisture areas
  • Provide you with accurate temperature measurements
  • Provide you the visible images of your infrared inspection to use for documentation and corrective action decisions
And, you will also benefit from:
  • 'Seeing' where the problems are....visually
  • Knowing exactly where problem location areas are which would not have been found as easily or quickly using conventional inspection methods
  • Knowing which corrective actions are actually necessary
  • Being able to prioritize for any necessary actions or repairs
  • Using an advanced technology application to provide you with the valuable knowledge needed in making decisions when spending money on your home
  • Competitive pricing
  • You get to 'see' your home as you've never seen it, in infrared!

    • Use your infrared home inspection for:

    • Pre-purchase
    • Construction stages inspections
    • Locating missing, damaged and wet insulation
    • Moisture, electrical, mechanical, and roof inspections
    • Assessment of your homes health - Do you have mold as a result of moisture intruson?
    • To improve your homes efficiency and its personal comfort

    Below you will see some residential infrared images and they'll help you to realize that infrared gives you a great deal of knowledge and a visual perception of your new or of your existing home that you won't receive with a regular home inspection.  Infrared is an advanced technology application not widely used for home inspections yet, but I feel that's about to change! "You haven't seen your home until you've seen it in infrared!"

    This image shows insulation defects in a new home.  IR cameras can quickly locate these defects within wall or ceiling spaces. This non-intrusive technique can help solve living space comfort issues, HVAC problems, plus others. IR is also a powerful tool when attempting to solve high
    energy cost issues.

    This image shows a low-sloped roof with moisture beneath the surface. When roof membranes leak, rainwater enters the top layer and is absorbed by underlying materials. Unchecked, this moisture will render insulation ineffective and cause decay of the roof deck materials. These defects are easily found with the IR imager.

    This image shows water behind this wall. Locating the source of moisture intrusion is a primary goal of the IR survey. No more time or money wasted tearing out walls or ceilings just to locate the point of intrusion.

    This picture shows a hot spot in an interior wall that resulted from a leaking return air duct that was drawing hot air from the attic, through the wall, into the system making the air conditioner have to work harder than it should.

    Call us today to schedule your infrared inspection either as a stand alone inspection or added to a complete home inspection. 

    We provide Infrared inspections to Caldwell, Nampa, Boise, Meridian, Kuna, Star, Eagle, and Middleton Idaho