Late last year on a cold dry night did a FLIR E4 survey of my house. Will not include the photos. A google image search for FLIR will get stuff much more interesting visually than I could present. Some online FLIR images even tend toward art.
Issues found:
- Massive kitchen heatleak. Wall too thin behind radiator. Unfortunately no gap whatsoever into which to insert a batt of Spaceloft. Thinking about a tiny under window greenhouse or exterior adhoc insulation.
- Big heat leak on inner corner of front porch where radiator pipes go to second floor. Insulation has probabbly fallen down around pipe. Unfortunately hard to get to. Again thinking about something adhoc on exterior. Looking at ComfortBatt wrapped in Tyvek.
- Exposed basement cinderblock wall. Thought our 12" thick basement blocks (with air core) would do fairly well. But the whole thing is uniformly warm. Considering stryofoam rigid panels - dig down to allow 2' height, UV protect with thin water and vermin resistant sheathing (maybe Tyvek again), regrade... will have to wait until snow gone, and ground thaws.
Places I thought there would be leaks - but there were none:
- Basement sills - suprisingly tight.
- Basement windows - had installed secondary glazing on most.
- Upstairs windows - have storm windows and they seem to do a good job.
- Attic floor - thought the rockwool had been distrubed to thin here and there, but good overall.
FLIR is about to update the FLIRONE .
And it addresses a couple of big issues with first version
A. Any device with Lightning or Andoid micro USB.
B. Consolidated App for everything.
Micro management of your lawn becomes a real possibility. See my previous post on Big Data in Agriculture. Here is something a bit "farther out" from NASA. And a bit more down to earth from IsraelAgri.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
FLIR Thermal Survey of House.
Labels:
aerogel,
agriculture,
Android,
big data,
ComfortBatt,
FLIR,
FLIRONE,
insulation,
IOS,
IoT,
lighting,
panel,
radiator,
Roxul,
spaceloft,
styrofoam,
thermal,
thermographic,
Tyvek,
vacuum
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Advanced Thermal Insulation
Aerogel and VIP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanogel_(insulation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_insulated_panel
VIPs often seen in award winning green designs.
Would like to get a cubic metre of each of these
Puzzle: Why not more plain foam (fire risk) between cement (CaO quicklime or MgO magnesia) fireproof panels? There seems to be an emerging supply of thin robust cement boards. But cannot find at local retail board at under 4mm thick (light enough to be manageable).
And it freezes the heart to think of using nails and screws with any advanced insulation system. Plastic/ceramic fasteners are not common place in North America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanogel_(insulation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_insulated_panel
VIPs often seen in award winning green designs.
Would like to get a cubic metre of each of these
- Lumira loose, for attic, sill and crawl spaces
- VIP blocks about 30 x 30 x 2 cm, for general surfaces
- Spaceloft blankets about 1cm thick, for insulating behind radiators, around the fridge, freezer and hotwater heater
Thermal cameras have come down in price and moved to retail themselves – note the FLIR/Extech i7.
Searching “fixings” here generally gets condiments for a burger or hotdog. Insulation fasteners searches do not uncover much.
Labels:
aerogel,
camera,
fasteners,
fixings,
insulation,
panel,
thermal,
thermographic,
vacuum
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