Re: Inspection scopes?
[Re: traprjohn]
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07/05/14 01:14 PM
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I used mine Thursday after drilling a small hole thew the floor joist,,, discover a 3in soils stack had been compromised,,, allowing rats to enter the home from the sewer...
Saved the customer 300 dollar by not having to order a smoke test......
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Re: Inspection scopes?
[Re: traprjohn]
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07/05/14 02:10 PM
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Here's where I've got a sidewinder covering the hole. 4 days and nothing. There is still a party in 1 wall, 6-8' from this opening, towards the center of the house. It is an interior wall. This sunroom was added and no way to get into space. The wall is closed from bottom...no insulation under floor, so it's easy to see from below. It is also closed from top after looking in attic. So, I'm thinking of buying a lil scope, drill a hole in the kitchen wall and look down into the party zone. And YES, the soffit has about a 1/4-1/2 gap as seen just past the trap. The knucklehead installer has NO SUPPORT for it.
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Re: Inspection scopes?
[Re: Dave Schmidt]
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Are you talking "Scopes", as in optical devices, or snake cam's? Snake cams, like Justin has put a link to, except what I'm seeing at HOme Depot is about $100 less.
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Re: Inspection scopes?
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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07/05/14 08:59 PM
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I got confused because the whole idea of inspection devices is to see through the material without having to cut.
So, are you saying there is a tool to see the critters in a wall w/o drilling-cutting?
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Re: Inspection scopes?
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07/05/14 11:13 PM
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Used to be able to buy "X-ray vision glasses" out of the back of comic books. In my memory, they sure were a lot cheaper than 100 bucks.
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Re: Inspection scopes?
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07/06/14 11:39 AM
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I got confused because the whole idea of inspection devices is to see through the material without having to cut.
So, are you saying there is a tool to see the critters in a wall w/o drilling-cutting? Paul W., Here may be one useful purpose for thermal cameras http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthrea...e_advice#UNREAD Just the first picture unless you are interested in doing honey bee colony removal.
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Re: Inspection scopes?
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07/21/14 08:32 PM
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....UPDATE:--FINALLY got the Milwaukee Borescope---it had the smallest camera/snake and best warranty of what was available locally. Scoped the wall this morning in 4 places due to the cross members 'tween the wall studs. Found NO CRITTERS and NO droppings. She heard the noises last nite again, but not the 2 previous nights. She offered my wife and I to stay overnight in her house so I can hear the noises! I'm about at a loss, BUT want to finish this challenge.
ANY ideas? I have never spent the night at a clients house. However, I have a few hours there just listening to satisfy my own curiosity. Only one time did I hear the noise. Working together with the client (a locally highly recognized home inspector),we finally tracked the noise down to his sound system speakers. During an initial outside inspection I did find a bat colony though, so the bat removal made it worthwhile.
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Re: Inspection scopes?
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I have one from Harbor fright. I had a crack in my sidewalk and the sand was gone and leaving a void. The brick pavers beside the side walk were sinking. My sewer line run right were the crack was. I was thinking the sewer line had a brake in it! I removed the brick paver and seen a tunnel, I look down the tunnel with the scope to find it was a mole run. NOTE, before doing this I put beach sand in the crack and it kept going down. Put the brick paver back and am good to this day, paid for itself right off. I used it to find a oil leak in my motor cycle. People are sure impressed when you bring it out to check for a bat when you just have one that was flying around.
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Re: Inspection scopes?
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Definitely won't see far with those cams. Mine came with a 1 meter snake (39") and you can't see much further than that. THATS why I had to drill another pair of holes, to see below the cross bar tween the studs.
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Re: Inspection scopes?
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had a customer with noises in the wall, low outside corner in the bedroom. saw nothing with the scope. made three or four trips, but I never heard anything. So a couple weeks went by and the foot of snow melted outside. It was then I could see vole tunnels up to the house. they were going up in between the vinyl siding and exterior chipboard, but not into the house.
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
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