Can You See What We See?

7/26/2016 (Permalink)

This is an example of the pitfalls of "Do It Yourself" work when a water intrusion takes place. Untrained property owners sometimes don't know what they do not know.

Case in point: In the attached photo, a customer insisted "everything was fine" here.  At first glance she appeared to be correct. The wall was intact . . . the paint wasn't bubbling . . . everything SEEMED to be normal.

Our advanced detection equipment proved otherwise. Take a look at the blue streaks in this infrared camera image. The streaks show where water had impacted the wall from a flood up above.

We disobeyed our customer, and checked out this area despite her assessment that "all is dry." She's probably glad we did, because we're certain her tenants would want to know the water damage is properly mitigated to prevent microbial growth