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 creep it’s way downwards due to gravity and sideways through absorption… and any tiny gap in between!

Take this photo for example. This photo was taken at night time from the buildings exterior during a thermal imaging building inspection. The inside of the building was warm and the exterior air temperature was cold. The white area you see is wet insulation, and the finger shapes you seen is water creeping down the wall due to gravity.

Due to warm air naturally rising in the home (in still conditions), the warm air in this building is all being lost at the top due to conduction. Once warm air is lost at the top, it’s replaced by cooler air at the bottom…. and as a result the whole building will cool.

We can detect missing insulation behind your walls that could be causing an unhealthy home! Contact us for a free quote.

NZ Leak & Heat Loss Detection Ltd.

(Photo -Infraspection Institute)