Insulation Leaks

Thermal Energy Leak – Compare Wall and Ceiling Insulation

Many homes in NZ don’t have insulation in the walls and suffer heat loss in a big way. Although there are now government subsidies to assist you with costs of installing insulation, most people don’t even know if there is insulation behind their walls in the first place. If you live in a home built [...]

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Can You Feel a Wind Draft Coming Through Your House?

Do you feel a slight air/wind drafting into your house? Tracking down where a hidden air draft is entering your home isn’t as easy as it sounds… or is it? An infrared thermal imaging camera is a great tool to detect where the air is sneaking into your home. If you see a curtain moving and you haven’t got [...]

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Ceiling Insulation Batts Missing After CCC Issued!

Here’s just another reason why a thermal home inspection should be considered when buying a home in NZ: This should make you scratch your head… Recently I performed a thermal imaging inspection on a home built in 2005 in the Greenhithe/North Shore area, and what I found was very ‘unethical’ to say the least. If you weren’t aware, council requires [...]

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Infrared – Damaged or Missing Insulation Causing Heat Loss

If you’ve ever thought about infrared thermal imaging as a way to detect missing or damaged insulation in your home, then this picture should ‘tell a thousand words’ When we perform pre purchase inspections with the infrared camera, we are also looking for missing insulation that could be causing heat loss. During a building inspection in Auckland [...]

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Thermal Image of Air Leak Around Door (Heat Loss)

Ever wondered where your expensive home heat could be escaping over winter? Heat loss and air escaping around doors and windows are very common… but most of the time we can’t ‘see’ where the air gets in/out with our own eyes. We have a ‘special’ set of eyes (infrared) that detects such problems in the home! This photo [...]

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Does Wet Insulation, or Moisture in Insulation Ever Dry Out?

You may be interested to know that once you have moist or wet insulation, it may never dry out! A study in the USA did a test to see how long it would take for wet insulation to dry out in the sun, and depending on the thickness and absorbancy of the insulation type, it takes [...]

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Photo of Water Damaged Insulation Behind Walls

Do you have water damaged insulation? Water damage to insulation can potentially spell disaster to both the structural integrity of your home, and also your energy bill! If water & moisture sits in behind your walls for extended periods of time, then you’ll find it slowly creeps into the framework, drywall/plasterboard and beyond. In a nutshell, water will [...]

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How Does Moisture Get Inside Your Insulation? (See Photo)

There are multiple ways moisture can get inside your insulation, but this particular ’method’ of moisture infiltration happens all the time behind walls, and is certainly a common cause of conductive heat loss in homes. Did you ever suspect rodents could be eating into your insulation? This photo demonstrates a regular wall in a regular home [...]

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Do You Have a Roof, Building Envelope or Insulation Warranty Still in Effect?

If you currently have a warranty in place for your roof, insulation or building envelope, here is some very important information for you to read… Lets say you have a 5 yr builders warranty on your home roof, and 4 years have passed without a hitch. Does this mean there’s isn’t a problem with the roof, and everything should [...]

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Solid Wall Insulation

How does it work? If you own a property here in New Zealand, and it has solid walls, keep in mind that up to 45% of the heat produced can be lost as it escapes through the external walls of your home. Insulating the walls can dramatically reduce the amount of heat loss in winter, [...]

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Cavity Wall Insulation

How Does it Work? Cavity wall insulation is the process of injecting an insulating type material into the gap between your outer brickwork and the inner masonry skins of the external wall. As up to 33% of the heat produced in your home is lost through un-insulated cavity walls, it makes sense if only from a purely [...]

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Building Envelope Energy Loss Inspections

Our company is certified to conduct building envelope energy loss inspections using thermal imaging - including… • Insulation & material characteristics • Home Inspection Processes • Weather variables and models that effect inspections • Required site conditions • Pre-inspection procedures • Conduction losses by insufficient, missing, damaged or improperly-installed insulation: (Weather variables and influences & thermal signatures) • Convection [...]

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What Missing Insulation Looks Like from the Street Outside Your Home Through the IR Camera

Here’s an interesting photo for you. Just like a helicopter can detect criminals trying to hide in the bush at night time with infrared thermal imaging, NZ Leak & Heat Loss Detection Ltd. can now do the same for you and your home with missing insulation and air leaks. In today’s construction world, some trades people like [...]

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