Thermal Imaging: What does it tell you?

One of the important tools BALES Restoration technicians use is an infrared camera.  This camera is used to find temperature variations in walls, ceilings and floors.  If variations are found, they sometimes show a pattern that would be similar to what would be expected if bulk water were present.  However, these “water-like” images must be verified through the use of other instruments as the temperature variations might be from another source.  The camera itself is extremely useful and is now virtually indispensable as a survey and detection instrument.  We have learned to “verify” what it tells us with other instruments.