Lancaster and Harrisburg Clients can save money with a thermal inspection.  GCS Home Inspections and Thermal Imaging routinely makes the trip south to perform these inspections but in order to maintain a reasonable price to Clients, GCS Home Inspections has turned to an alternative fuel.  This clip is part of a series during the experimental stages of testing.




System developed a leak--repaired following fueling.
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Saving Money is for the Birds!!!

Home heating bills are crazy! Propane went up 50 cents in a month (in between my own fill-ups) and the costs will probably continue until warmer weather arrives.  It's supply and demand and it's happening everywhere.  Now is the time to pull harder on the end of your belt, don't buy the soda, or the candy, or popcorn, or anything else you buy over and above what you need so you can pay those high heating bills!  That's right, begin suffering so you can line other's pockets with your hard-earned cash!

NOT!!!

Why pay the heating bills when you can save money by having a thermal survey performed on your home?  Find your local infrared specialist and "see" where you're losing your heat!  For more information on what infrared can see, go to my web site and have a FREE look.  Unlike the utility companies, I won't rob you.

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Greg
www.GCSHomeInspections.com

Home heating bills are crazy! Propane went up 50 cents in a month (in between my own fill-ups) and the costs will probably continue until warmer weather arrives.  It's supply and demand and it's happening everywhere.  Now is the time to pull harder on the end of your belt, don't buy the soda, or the candy, or popcorn, or anything else you buy over and above what you need so you can pay those high heating bills!  That's right, begin suffering so you can line other's pockets with your hard-earned cash!

NOT!!!

Why pay the heating bills when you can save money by having a thermal survey performed on your home?  Find your local infrared specialist and "see" where you're losing your heat!  For more information on what infrared can see, go to my web site and have a FREE look.  Unlike the utility companies, I won't rob you.

v/r
Greg
www.GCSHomeInspections.com

The winter weather is playing havoc on residents in southern PA especially those in the York area. I travelled to York earlier this week for a thermal inspection of only the exterior of a home.

Heat loss is seen through the infrared camera and to be sure the sun's thermal loading wasn't going to be a factor, I arrived before sunrise. The three hour drive was long but the benefits of my thermal report far outweighs any inconvenience I endure because of the drive. I'm glad I brought my boots and bibbed overalls because I needed them. I walked around this home knee-deep in snow. The roof was mostly obscured with deep snow and the western end of the roof had huge drifts hanging over just waiting for some unsuspecting victim to walk under--that could be a cold ordeal!

Yesterday, as most know and are experiencing, another huge snowfall arrived and dumped another 24 inches of snow in that area! Now the wind has picked up so this snowfall is turning into drifts many feet high. I'm glad I was able to do this thermal inspection, but I empathize with the York residents, as well as those in other hard-hit snow covered towns.

Greg
www.gcshomeinspections.com
570-504-8393

Thermal infrared inspections can pave the way to a healthier home. Lancaster Thermal home inspection clients have recently received their thermal imaging report containing numerous infrared digital images pin pointing their heat loss.  Scranton thermal inspection clients are really able to take advantage of their reports and save money.

Though the weather has turned warm the last few days and yesterday we received nearly three inches of rain, the cold is right behind this frontal system, and with it comes higher thermostats, more heating oil, propane, coal, wood, or electric. A relatively inexpensive thermal scan would reveal areas without insulation, and even leaks around doors and windows.  Higher utility bills come with the colder weather.

Greg Scheer
www.gcshomeinspections.com
570-504-8393

Can you see where the heat is escaping? Thermal imaging detects your loss. See more at my web site!

http://www.gcshomeinspections.com/Infrared-Examples-Heat-Loss

Greg Scheer
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This was crazy! I witnessed the hot tub water being heated.  This was pretty neat and proves how crucial thermal scans are when making a home more green. Saving money by insulating the needy areas in our homes makes a hugh difference.  I scanned my own home the other evening and found my weather seals at my exterior doors were needing some help.  I bought new weather strips and rechecked using the thermal camera; significant difference.  I didn't feel lthe draft coming from the garage door because the draft was repaired..for $1.95

Call me to have your home scanned. 570-504-8393
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Picture of the hot tub water

I did a thermal scan the other day and found the house was leaking heat in many areas.  Unfortunately, this house is new construction and was leaking heat. A number of years ago an answer for this was to increase the heat into the rooms because "all homes are drafty".  Today we have the technology to perform a thermal scan of a home and actually "see the heat" and where it's escaping.  Notice all the yellow at the window straight on, and the two hot  spots at the wall corner.  Ouch!  Do you wonder if your new home is really energy efficient? I can tell you with a simple and quick thermal scan.

Greg Scheer
www.GCSHomeInspections.com
570-504-8393

Thermographer Identifies Heat Loss

Montrose Home Inspection company specializes in thermography and identifies drafts, missing insulation, and escaping heat using a high-tech camera.

Thermography is the science of infrared imaging and is used to identify problems, accurately predict failure, and also assist home owners make their homes more efficient. 

Notice the infiltrating cold air at the bottom right corner of the door.

Call GCS Home Inspections for your thermal scan.
570-504-8393

A home inspector that's a worm farmer?  What's a worm casting?  Simply put, it's worm do-do.  Yes, I'm a home inspector serving Montrose, Great Bend, Scranton, and more areas in PA, but we raise red worms to help put our garden.  It's a very easy thing to do and costs only a few dollars to begin.  We started a couple years ago when a friend of mine gave me about 500 red worms.  We fed the worms a daily diet of coffee grounds, old veggies and fruits and apple cores.  After only two years our worm population grew to an incredible 25,000 (and that's estimating LOW!).  Today I harvested the worm castings and placed my worms into a brand new worm bin that we built out in the yard. 

Now I have over 200 pounds of the richest fertilzer money can buy. We'll have our third garden this year using the castings and our garden will become nuclear with the largest veggies, quickest growing and largest plants, with plentiful veggies.   Don't be afraid, but here's what the little critters look like... oops, too big.  See them at my web site: http://www.gcshomeinspections.com/blog

Greg
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Home Inspector Serving Montrose, Scranton, Great Bend, Little Meadows, Honesdale, and more in PA