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Tips & Tricks: Failed a Blower door test?

Uh oh – your on the home stretch, trying to knock out this project so you can move onto another one & bam, you failed the blower door test. Unlike a normal failed inspection where you need to fix one or maybe more items that are clearly spelled out, you are now stuck trying to […]

Filed Under: Air Sealing & Insulation Tagged With: IR Testing August 11, 2020 By SLS Leave a Comment

Notes from the Field: A tale of two reports & getting your money’s worth

Infrared Thermography is a very interesting field and if variety is the spice of life, who can argue with spending one day in the mechanical rooms of a hospital and the next seeing everything that goes into making a helicopter simulator work? From lumberyards to newspapers with a sprinkling of manufacturing facilities mixed in; it […]

Filed Under: Infrared, Code Verification, & Energy Audits Tagged With: IR Testing February 1, 2013 By SLS Leave a Comment

BS4D: Mold

Just mentioning the word mold or as it is known across the pond as “mould” is enough to send some people directly into panic mode. With the toxic mold scare from years ago many insurance companies (especially after losing millions) no longer cover mold damage or remediation as they consider it a “maintenance” issue. There’s […]

Filed Under: FAQ's, Acronym’s, & Terminology Tagged With: BS4D, Cleaning, IR Testing October 2, 2012 By SLS Leave a Comment

LEED Habitat: Targeted Air-Sealing & Pre-Drywall Inspection

It has now been a little over 4 months since the project was started & yes, things are running a tad behind schedule. As I recall the completion date was originally scheduled for the end of this month & it has now been bumped till the end of June. As of this moment they now […]

Filed Under: Habitat For Humanity, Infrared, Code Verification, & Energy Audits, LEED for Homes, Program's Tagged With: ALC38, IR Testing May 25, 2012 By SLS 4 Comments

Guest Post: Trust but Verify – Utilizing Infrared Thermography

This week, I was honored to post again on Construction Law Musings, which you might recall is run by Christopher G. Hill who specializes in construction law. As an accredited LEED AP, he is also one of those rare individuals that not only deals with “Green Building” issues, but also understands it. I first met […]

Filed Under: Infrared, Code Verification, & Energy Audits Tagged With: Guest Posting, IR Testing November 4, 2011 By SLS

Recap: Infrared Thermography Level 2 Training

For the last 5 days, I have been attending The Snell Group’s – Infrared Thermography Level II class Level 2 Infrared class being taught by Harold Van De Ven (aka Van). This make’s the second class I have taken by The Snell Group, with the last one being taught by Don Thurmond & Jim Fritz. […]

Filed Under: Training, Education, & Confrence Tagged With: IR Testing October 21, 2011 By SLS Leave a Comment

Day 4: Infrared Thermography Level 2 Training

While I generally combine the last 2 days of class together due to studying for a test, general lack of items to discuss, etc… I don’t think that will be an issue here. So onward to day 4, and seeing that day 3’s trivia went unanswered – you will have to wait for Day 5 […]

Filed Under: Training, Education, & Confrence Tagged With: IR Testing October 20, 2011 By SLS Leave a Comment

Day 3: Infrared Thermography Level 2 Training

Wow, is it really day 3 already? I guess so as the day started off with a pop quiz to prepare us for the next two days actual tests. Shoot, I might need to remember some of my own test taking tips like, make sure you fully read the question. Yep, I got dinged on […]

Filed Under: Training, Education, & Confrence Tagged With: IR Testing October 19, 2011 By SLS 5 Comments

Day 2: Infrared Thermography Level 2 Training

You know it is going to be an interesting day when class starts off with a brief project & objective which you know is impossible. The reason is to see if anyone will get the answer correct – sorry I am not going to even try as what you requested isn’t possible. Yes we all […]

Filed Under: Training, Education, & Confrence Tagged With: IR Testing October 18, 2011 By SLS 4 Comments

Day 1: Infrared Thermography Level 2 Training

Nashville, TN – welcome to day 1 of Snell’s Infrared Thermography Level II class. One of the nice things about Snell’s system is that class doesn’t get started until 3 PM for the first day allowing for those of us travelling, time to get to the hotel & settled in. It also eliminates the issues […]

Filed Under: Training, Education, & Confrence Tagged With: IR Testing October 17, 2011 By SLS 10 Comments

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    Nashville, TN – welcome to day 1 of Snell’s Infrared Thermography Level II class. One of the nice things about Snell’s system is that class doesn’t get started until 3 PM for the first day allowing for those of us travelling, time to get to the hotel & settled in. It also eliminates the issues […]

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