More Infrared Images

In reponse to popular request, and because I just think these images are really cool, I'm including a few more images from our Infrared photo report. You should be able to click on the images to see bigger, full-page versions.

This first one is from our bedroom, and it does a nice job of showing the contrast between an insulated and an uninsulated area of the wall:

This is the outside wall in the upstairs bathroom. Said bathroom does not have a radiator in it (though it does have that mysterious hole in the floor). It also has a non-functioning electric heating element under the sink cabinet. We have hooked up a small electric radiator in this room, but the corner pictured here is rather far away from that heater.


Perhaps the most serious problem that the photos uncovered is the place where the one-story flat roof on the back of the house meets the side wall of the back of the house. The pictures below are from the pink room. The very cold spots on the ceiling and at the top of the wall are at the spot where the flat roof meets the exterior wall. There's also an uninsulated bay in there between the room and a closet.


So it seems that the flashing where the flat roof meets the house has some gaps, or is uninsulated. Interestingly, the bathroom that was the victim of frozen pipes earlier this season is DIRECTLY ABOVE this area of the house. This would seem to explain the freezing.

We also have another cry for help to our readers. We thank all of you who made suggestions to our previous issue (the basement window well). Here's a photo:



This is in the ceiling in the basement laundry room. I know, I know, it's a light socket. That much is clear to me. The problem is, as you may be able to see, the pull-chain that is supposed to turn it on and off is completely missing. It would be very handy to have this bulb operational, to provide more light in the laundry room. Any suggestions on what to do about this?