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What Is Infrared Thermography?
Infrared thermography uses a thermal camera to measure surface temperature across an entire wall or ceiling at once, which makes it possible to see things the eye cannot. Insulation that was never installed, air moving through an assembly, a duct losing conditioned air into an attic. It is a diagnostic tool rather than a code test, and it belongs on finished houses. When a room will not hold temperature, when the bills do not match the house, or when a builder needs to know what is behind a warranty complaint, this is how the question gets answered without opening up finished surfaces.
Request Infrared Thermography
we coordinate testing around your stage of construction, with the report sent the same day.
When Infrared Is Actually the Right Tool
Thermal imaging belongs on completed and existing homes that are not performing the way they should. That is where it earns its keep, because the problem is already hidden and the alternative is either guessing or cutting into finished walls. On a house still under construction the envelope is open to view, and a pre-drywall inspection reads it directly instead of inferring it from surface temperature. If the house is still framed, what you want is eyes on it rather than a camera pointed at it.
What Infrared Thermography Finds
A thermal camera reads surface temperature, so it finds anything that changes the way a surface behaves thermally.
The common findings:
In a finished house every one of these is invisible until something measures it. The value of the scan is that it turns a vague complaint, a back bedroom that never cools or a bill that does not make sense, into a specific location on a specific surface that a trade can go and fix.
How We Keep Our Services Simple and Easy
We want getting a thermal scan onto your schedule to be as easy as possible.
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Tell us about the house
The address, the age of the house, and what is actually happening in it. A room that will not cool is a different scan from a bill that doubled.
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onsite scan
We arrive when conditions actually suit a scan and work the ceilings, walls and assemblies in scope.
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Diagnostics and Measurements
We interpret the patterns and separate real defects from the normal thermal variation every building has.
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Report delivered by email
Every thermal image is paired with a visible light photograph of the same frame, with each finding located and explained.
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A repair list your trades can act on
You decide what to fix, and each finding goes to the trade that owns it.
Find Out What Is Actually Behind the Wall
Why Choose Stellar Building Performance
A thermal camera reads surface temperature. It does not read moisture, missing insulation or air leakage, so everything useful about a scan comes from interpreting those patterns against how the house was built and how it is actually performing. The person holding the camera matters more than the camera does.
That is the work we do every week across the Space Coast and Treasure Coast, testing building envelopes and duct systems on new and existing homes. A thermal image is never an isolated picture here. We can put the house under pressure with a blower door while we scan, which turns a vague warm patch into a leak you can point at, and we will tell you plainly when an image is showing you something and when it is showing you nothing.
Infrared Work in the Field
Thermal imaging is usually part of a larger scope rather than a job on its own. Here is recent work where it played a part.
Frequently asked questions about infrared thermography
A scan on a production sized single family home is usually a matter of hours rather than a full day, and running it alongside testing we are already onsite for is normally the most practical way to buy it.
Large custom homes and multifamily samples take longer.
Thermal imaging reads surface temperature, so it finds anything that changes how a surface behaves: insulation that is missing, thin or displaced, air moving through the assembly, and heat conducting where it should not.
Most often:
Also commonly:
That is the main thing it is for. Infrared is a diagnostic for finished and existing homes, whether that is a house with a comfort complaint, a builder looking into a warranty claim, or an owner trying to work out why one end of the house never feels right. Age is not a barrier. A thirty year old house and a two year old house get scanned the same way.
Yes, and for several hours before we arrive rather than switched on when we pull up. The scan depends on a temperature difference across the assembly, and interior surfaces need time to reach a stable temperature.
Timing matters for the same reason. In Florida the useful window is usually mid to late afternoon, once the attic has been loading up all day, or early morning before direct sun gets onto the surfaces. We pick the window based on the building rather than on whatever slot happens to be open.
No. Thermal patterns are sometimes consistent with moisture, because evaporating water cools a surface, but consistent with is not the same as confirmation and a cool patch can have several causes. Establishing that water is present takes moisture metering and a different scope of work.
Mold has no thermal signature at all. Stellar does not perform mold or moisture investigations, and where a scan shows something that deserves that attention we document it, say plainly what the image does and does not establish, and recommend the right specialist.
No. The code requires envelope testing under Section R402.4.1.2 and duct testing under Section R403.3.2, and those measured results are what reach the building department. Thermography is a diagnostic and quality assurance tool that supports those tests rather than replacing either one.
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Clear communication and scheduling.
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Professional equipment ensures reliable measurements.
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Thorough documentation and photos provided directly by email for review and coordination with trades.
Other Areas We Serve
Infrared thermography, blower door testing and duct leakage testing throughout Brevard County, Indian River County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, and Okeechobee County.