TOPIC: Anatomy Of An Ice Dam

The causes of ice dams are many and complex.

On my own house I have one due the outside air temperature increasing and the sun causing radiant heating. Then it refreezes when the temperatures drop. It is only on one area of my house.

My neighbor had numerous roofers out last year that wanted to replace his roof. He had ventilation added but he still get really bad ice dams due to lack of insulation and what I stated about the temperature and sun.

I have been thinking about the IR camera for a few years now, failing the RESNET course last spring kinda put a damper in my thinking...

I have a hard enough time getting clients to pay for a home inspection, but if I purchase the right IR camera and have the proper training and market properly I could pay off the camera in one year.

Get training, then get training, then play with it, after training, and play some more.  After that, it is part science, part art, and part interpretation.

Training, good training, is essential.

IR is a great arrow to have in your quiver Dave.