Experts recommend taking a thermal imager with you to inspect a country house or cottage before buying. The device can be rented, making sure that it is a lawyer. But the use of a thermal imager may be justified if certain conditions are met.
To understand where the house is freezing and where heat leaks have started, a thermal imager can be a good help. However, for high-quality thermal imaging, it is necessary that there be a certain temperature difference outside and inside the house.
“It is important that the difference between the temperature of the indoor and outdoor air is at least 20 ° C Celsius,” says Denis Glavinsky, an expert in the field of housing construction. — Therefore, it makes sense to do thermal imaging either in late autumn or early spring. It may be useless at other times. It is also necessary that the heating is turned on in the house. This will help not only to identify heat leaks, but also to check the condition of ventilation systems. With a thermal imager, you should definitely check the walls, outer corners, floor-wall and wall-ceiling of the upper floor.”
Earlier, the expert described in detail how to check the main elements of the house and what could indicate problems with engineering communications.
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