What this actually is
A leak almost never shows up where it enters. Water travels along framing, pipe runs and mortar joints, then surfaces at the lowest point it can find. That is why patching the stain does nothing.
We survey the property with FLIR thermal imaging, pin moisture meters and, where the roofline or stucco is involved, a drone. Thermal shows us the temperature difference wet material creates; the meter confirms it in actual moisture content; the drone shows us the elevation nobody can reach from a ladder.
You get a written report with photographs, the location of every entry point we found, and a scope of work that prices the repair. When you go ahead with the repair, we take the inspection fee off the cost of the job.
Signs you have this problem
How the work runs
Room by room with thermal and moisture meters, working from the visible damage back toward the source.
Roofline, flashing, stucco, grade and drainage. On foot, and by drone where access requires it.
Water testing or a controlled probe where the thermal signature is ambiguous, so we are reporting a fact rather than a theory.
Annotated photographs, documented findings, and a priced scope of work you can act on with us or with anyone else.
What is included
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Questions people ask
Because it is the work, not a sales visit. A free estimate is an hour of someone eyeballing your wall. A paid assessment is a technician with thermal equipment producing a document you own and can take to an insurer, a contractor, or a settlement table. When you hire us for the repair, the fee comes off the invoice.
A partial assessment of up to two areas runs about 90 minutes on site. A full property assessment is typically three to four hours, depending on size and access.
Only with your permission, and only where the thermal reading is ambiguous enough that a small inspection opening is the honest way to confirm it. We ask you before we do it.
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Someone who knows leak detection comes back to you the same working day.
Related work
Extraction, structural drying, removal of what cannot be saved, and rebuild. Documented to a standard an insurer will accept.
What we fix Major projectMove the water away from the building before it ever reaches the foundation. Exterior drainage, regrading and buried drain lines.
What we fix Major projectFailed stucco traps water against the sheathing and rots the frame behind it. Full-wall remediation with the drainage plane rebuilt correctly.
What we fixNext step
We will tell you straight away whether this is something we can take on at your address.
Greater Philadelphia · Northern Delaware
