Specialist Equipment
DRAIN KITS
Each surveyor in our company carries a drain kit.
As an additional assurance and where access permits, we undertake “Look See” CCTV Drain Scans with ISVA Intermediate and Building Surveys. The footage is recorded onto disc and sent with reports.
It should be noted that drains are often neglected and when they fail repairs can be very expensive and disruptive. Furthermore, if left unrepaired then defective drains can cause building movement.
POLE CAMERAS
Each surveyor carries a 5 metre long Pole Camera which is predominantly used for assessing box gutters and areas behind parapet walls. These are also used to inspect the top of chimney stacks and to assess whether they have been properly capped off, ventilated and to check the condition of benching / bedding mortar around pots. The pole cameras are also used for inspecting flat roofs over two storey bays and other inaccessible flat roofed areas.
BORESCOPE
We also have in our arsenal of surveying equipment a Borescope. This is used for checking cavity wall ties, cavity trays or the base of steel or timber framed structures.
These are specialist inspections which involve drilling holes in the construction. This piece of equipment is therefore not used during the course of a normal survey.
WIRELESS INSPECTION CAMERA
A wireless inspection camera boasts a small camera head and light on the end of a flexible hose/wire allowing the surveyor view concealed areas such as floor voids and cavities etc. As with the borescope, this piece of equipment is utilised for specialist inspections and is generally not used during our standard residential survey inspections.
