Thermal Imaging Inspection in Campo de Ourique

About our service in Campo de Ourique

In a flat from that period there are three things worth confirming before completion. First, whether there have been leaks before and whether they are still active: fresh paint covers the patch but does nothing to the temperature of the damp zone behind it, and the thermal image still picks it out. Second, how the building envelope behaves in winter, with original timber windows, shutter boxes open to the outside and balcony slabs running through the façade and chilling the wall from within. Third, the state of the consumer unit and the circuits, many of them extended in stages over decades, where a loose connection heats up abnormally under load. The visit is made with the flat shut up and heated for a while, so that there is contrast with the street, and with access to every room, including the enclosed balcony, the storeroom and the loft or void if there is one. We work across walls, ceilings, openings and floors, run the hot water and put the circuits under load to see the consumer unit in real service. Every suspect point is recorded with thermogram and photograph in the same framing, confirmed with a contact moisture meter. The result is a written report, ordered by priority, that reads without a technical background and that can be put on the table in a negotiation. What we do not promise is a guaranteed diagnosis. The camera needs a temperature difference to reveal anything at all, and on a summer afternoon a façade reads poorly, so in those cases we book early or warm the interior first. It does not see through walls or show the pipe itself, only its effect at the surface. Where the sign is clear but not decisive, we say that opening up at one well-chosen point is still needed, rather than treating as settled what the image merely suggests. We also do not carry out regulatory habitability assessments or energy certification of the property.

A thermographic inspection in Campo de Ourique includes:

Services Included

• Pre-purchase and pre-tenancy survey of older flats
• Detection of active leaks hiding under recent paintwork
• Survey of heat loss through timber windows and shutter boxes
• Checking the consumer unit and circuits under real load
• Written report by priority, usable in the negotiation with the seller

Areas We Serve

We work in the Prazeres, in Santo Condestável, over by the Amoreiras, along Rua Ferreira Borges and around the Mercado de Campo de Ourique, including buildings with no lift.

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