You Will Not Find It Visually We Use Thermal Imaging
Water inside walls in a Las Vegas home is one of the most problematic water damage scenarios because it is completely invisible from the surface. The drywall face looks normal. The paint is intact. Inside the wall cavity, the drywall paper, the insulation, and the framing may have been wet for weeks from a slow supply line drip or a drain connection leak. By the time any symptom appears a smell, a soft spot in the drywall, buckled baseboard the colony is well established.
Thermal imaging is the tool that finds water in walls without opening them. Wet materials inside a wall cavity have a different thermal signature than dry materials because moisture affects how quickly materials absorb and release heat. A thermal camera scan of the wall surface shows the temperature differential pattern that indicates where moisture is retained inside the assembly. Combined with moisture meter probes that reach through small test holes, we can map the full extent of moisture in a wall without opening the entire wall to look.
Common Sources in Las Vegas Homes
Supply line fittings that have a slow drip inside the wall, wax ring failures at toilets where water runs down the closet flange inside the wall, and drain line cracks or improperly glued joints are the most frequent sources I find. In older Las Vegas homes with galvanized water supply lines, pinhole corrosion leaks are also common. A homeowner in Rancho Drive area called us about a smell in their hallway bathroom. We found a pinhole leak in the hot water supply line inside the wall that had been dripping for at least six weeks.
What We Do
We locate the moisture with thermal imaging, confirm with moisture metering through test holes, identify the source, and give you a scope for what needs to come out. We coordinate the plumbing repair with the opening for remediation so you are not managing two separate contractors on the same wall. Read more about our water damage restoration service. Call (702) 442-1126.