Thermal imaging — see the cold spot, the wet wall, the hot breaker.
A whole-home thermal imaging scan included with every full inspection. Hidden moisture, missing insulation, air-leakage signatures, and electrical hot spots — surfaced as temperature differentials a visual walkthrough cannot detect.
Premium homes hide their problems behind finished surfaces.
Cathedral ceilings on Bearpath and Hennepin Village builds with chronic insulation gaps. Finished walkout basements in Mitchell Lake concealing 60–80% of foundation wall behind drywall. Multi-zone panels driving aluminum-pigtail hot spots. Cedar Forest air-sealing failures at retained-foundation rebuilds. Thermal turns those concealed conditions into a temperature picture you can act on — paired with a moisture meter for numerical confirmation before any finding gets written into the report.
Six signatures, six different stories.
Thermal imaging reveals temperature differentials. The skill is reading what the differential means. These are the six signatures we encounter most often on Eden Prairie homes.
Concealed moisture
Cold patches on drywall caused by evaporative cooling from wet insulation. Confirmed numerically with the moisture meter before tagged.
Missing insulation
Cold stripes between studs in winter. Cathedral ceilings, kneewalls, and rim joists are the most common Eden Prairie locations.
Electrical hot spot
Loose breaker, overloaded circuit, failing aluminum pigtail. Localized heat under the dead-front. Highest-yield safety find of the day.
Air leakage signature
Cold air infiltration tracks at top plates, can lights, attic hatches, and rim joists. Tells you the envelope is working harder than it should.
Radiant-floor loop leak
Hydronic heat in premium custom builds. A failed loop shows as a cold zone in an otherwise warm floor — or a hot spot at the manifold.
HVAC duct losses
Disconnected supply runs, uninsulated returns in unconditioned space. Energy loss and comfort complaints. Common in pre-2000 EP basements.
Three steps. Every accessible surface.
Confirm differential
Indoor-outdoor temperature differential of at least 15°F is required for envelope work. We confirm at arrival; if conditions are inadequate, we still scan moisture and electrical, and note envelope as conditional.
Whole-envelope walk
Every accessible exterior wall, ceiling, mechanical room, electrical panel, and bath wall. Suspicious signatures are confirmed numerically with the moisture meter before they are tagged in the report.
Annotated thermal gallery
Side-by-side thermal and visible-light photos of every flagged signature. Severity tagging. Plain-language interpretation alongside each image. Integrated into the same-evening report.
Included on every full inspection — or book it standalone.
Two-minute quote. Whole-envelope coverage. Same-evening gallery.