Originally Posted by
Rick Bunzel
Jerry,
I am surprised at your comment that "you should pull out your IR camera at every inspection". That flies in the face of doing a visual inspection.
This "visual inspection" things rears its ugly head whenever something new comes up.
Let me see, don't you ...
- use a moisture meter?
- a voltmeter?
- a receptacle/circuit tester?
- a tic tracer for finding ungrounded things?
- and the list could go on and on.
Even though I live in one of the wettest parts of the country, I rarely get clients asking for moisture intrusion inspections.
I'm not saying to do a "moisture intrusion inspection", I'm saying to use it to scan the exterior and interior of the structure for anything which "looks out of place or not normal".
My
inspection fees are already at the high end of the market and doubt that customers would pay an extra fee for a IR scan.
Then do it for the same fee, and watch your business pick up and your client's interest pick up. Then you will see, you can raise you prices, and still get the business, you might even be able to raise your fee and get to do fewer inspections, making the same (or more) money, and have less liability (because you are doing fewer inspections) ... of keep doing more inspections and stay busier.
I am on the outlook for leaks but only pull out my moisture meter to verify leaks.
See, there is what I am talking about - you are not really doing a "visual inspection" even now.