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ThermalimageGuy
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Tom Barbour from Thermal Image UK. From our central Scotland base we carry out thermal imaging & airtightness surveys on new and old buildings looking for heat loss. www. ThermalimageUK.com
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thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Looking for underfloor heating leak? First, find which manifold is losing pressure....

#thermalimagingscotland
#heatlosssurvey
#airtighnesstestingscotland
#undefloorheatingleak

www.thermalimageuk.com
Underfloor heating leak Thermal image survey Scotland
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
...and you don’t create nuclear waste, or spend £50 billion! You also avoid the carbon cost of building a nuclear power station, and giving the Chinese access to our infrastructure. Why is no-one interested in building quality homes? What's not to like?!
October 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
This would ALSO avoid locking in 9 million tonnes of CO2 annually (300k new homes forecast to be built annually, houses lasting for 60 years. 0.5 tonnes of excess CO2 per house per annum).....
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Sizewell C is going to cost £50 billion, and will save 9 million tonnes of CO2 annually.

Properly installing dry-lining in new houses, avoiding air infiltration behind the plaster board, would cost nothing and produce warmer, healthier homes that are cheaper to run....
October 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Dry-lining fail - meeting to discuss specific cases - Friday 21 November 2025. if this is of interest to you, contact tom@thermalimageuk.co.uk for further details.
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Fantastic few days on Fair Isle carrying out air tightness test on superb new Fair Isle Bird Observatory. Amazing scenery & wildlife, friendly locals & staff -I can't recommend a visit highly enough.

#fairislebirdobservatory
#airtightnesstestingscotland
#retrotec
#visitscotland
#UKsRemotestAirTest
July 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Smoke testing and thermography work well with @retrotec blower door fans to find points of air leakage!

#airpermeabilitytestscotland
#blowerdoorfans
#retrotec
#thermography
#heatlossconsultancy
#smoketesting
#airtightnesstestingedinburgh
Smoke testing a building for air leakage during a Retrotec blower door test in Glasgow
July 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Every picture tells a story- Solid walls, 1950s solid radiator pipes, student halls, single glazing, no radiator valves-all or nothing! So windows open in February to purge heat. Radiator pipes so hot you can see them through the walls!
#thermalsurveyscotland
#airtestscotland
www.ThermalimageUK.com
Heat loss from a wall recorded by thermal image. Solid wall, single glazing, no radiator controls. This is common in Glasgow, Edinburgh and across Scotland. No insulation in this image - thermography is the best tool to identify this heat loss
June 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
In industrial/ commercial units, air tightness tests can fail not due to the building fabric, but due to leaky roller doors. Using retrotec fans (-ve pressure), and thermal imaging (and smoke - not shown) leakage points can readily be located.

#airtightnesstestingscotland
#blowerdoortestscotland
June 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Air leakage detection - negative pressure, warmer outside than inside #retrotec

Latest technology, top quality fans from retrotec , and a little lateral thinking.

#airtightnessglasgow
#airtightnessedinburgh
#airtightnessscotland
Air tightness testing Scotland leakage detection - negative pressure - Retrotec
June 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Thermal Image UK is proud to be a member and supporter of the @passivhaustrust.bsky.social

Building new homes to Passivhaus standard, can be the single action that reduces the most carbon over time relative to the social barriers to change.

It should be the #1 climate action globally.
May 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Programme For Government 2025 - a new set of climate promises by the Scottish Government. What about the old promises from previous years? - 2019 - Nicola Sturgeon "£500m for bus infrastructure" - now scrapped. "Motorway bus lanes" - now scrapped. "World leading climate targets" - now scrapped. ?
May 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Positive pressure smoke test #retrotec

www.Thermalimageuk.com
#airtestingscotland
#airtightnesstestingglasgow
May 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Full house for @rsno.bsky.social John Williams concert in Glasgow! Excellent perspective from choir stalls - last seats available!
May 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Community climate action- 3 x 57 seater Mercedes Tourismo coaches moving 15,000 pax per month between Strathaven, Stonehouse & Glasgow-taking thousands of car journeys off the road www.CAStrathaven.org

Why has the Scottish Government given up on transport climate targets? Together we can do this!
3C climate action Strathaven bus
May 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
How do you get from A to B in your town? Interesting chart from cities and continents around the world.
May 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Last winter, we recorded this sub-zero temperature - INDOORS - in a house in Scotland. The thermal image highlights the effects of a cold external draught from under the fridge.

www.thermalmageuk.com
#airtightnesstestglasgow
#colddraught
#airtightglasgow
#airtightscotland
Sub-zero indoor temperature, measured while doing an air test in Scotland.
April 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Most useful tool when carrying out air tests on large buildings.

www.ThermalimageUK.com
#airtightnesstestingscotland
#airtightnesstestglasgow
Square key for opening loft hatches and missing door handles. Useful for air tightness testing investigations.
April 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
For thermography, it's worth checking the credentials of the surveying company and surveyor - and the PCN register from BINDT is a good place to start.

www.bindt.org/Certificatio...
April 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Fit-out contractors adding ventilation to a shell unit, surprisingly often cut a square hole for a round duct, without questioning the impact on air tightness, or sealing it again. In Scotland, retail premises are tested at shell stage & again after fit-out specifically to pick up issues like this.
air tightness test scotland - round duct in a square hole
April 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Thermal Image UK is a member of the Passivhaus Trust @passivhaustrust.bsky.social and fully supports the ambition to increase the number of houses built to this energy efficient standard. Warm, comfortable, draught free homes that are low cost to heat -what's not to like!

www.thermalimageuk.com
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April 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
"How far can the camera "see?" -same as visible light. The small object in this picture is the moon during partial lunar eclipse. The right side of the moon is still reflecting sunlight, left hand side is in darkness.

www.thermalimageuk.com
#airtightnesstestingscotland
#airtightnesstestingglasgow
April 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Community car hire from @castrathaven www.CAStrathaven.org .Owning one less car in your family is one of the biggest carbon reducing actions you can take. Public transport/active travel where possible, but car available when you need one. Embodied carbon of car is up to 50% of its lifetime emissions
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Understanding reflection and emissivity, is key to interpretation of thermal images. For more information, contact Tom or Tania at www.thermalimageuk.com
thermal image Palm House Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
April 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
thermalimageguy.bsky.social
Blower door from Retrotec is not only great for air tightness testing, it’s also highly recommended when carrying out thermography surveys too.

thermalimageuk.com/air-tightnes...
April 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM