On confirmation of your order, one of our Snughome thermographers will contact you to book a visit. The best time for readings is in the cooler morning hours, so ideally we like to start at 7am. We’ll also run through a few small preparations in advance such as having the heating on in every room for two to three hours prior to our arrival, clearing window sills of ornaments and extinguishing all solid fuel fires/stoves. We’ll also call the day before our visit to confirm everything is still okay.
Before entering your home, the thermographer will capture the exterior of your home, both thermally and visually. They will then ask you to show them around and point out any areas of concern you might have about potential cold spots and areas of heat loss.
The thermographer will temporarily seal ventilation openings such as chimneys, cooker hoods, vents and extractor fans and set up a what is called a ‘blower door’ – effectively a large extractor fan – which we use to create maximum heat loss conditions. Once switched on, it’s the equivalent of a storm blowing through your home, and causes any badly insulated or sealed areas to cool at a magnified rate.
The thermographer will then scan every door, wall, window and floor of your home with the FLIR camera and, wherever they find an anomaly, they will take both a thermal image and a visual image from the same point.
When the imaging is complete, we download all the data and run it through software which matches and analyses the images. From that we are able to show what the weak spots in your home are, and what can be done to resolve them. The thermographer will talk you through this and leave you with the report, followed by an email within 24 hours that outlines any problems found, recommendations of what to do next.
