Serving NYC & Long Island
Manhattan
Manhattan concentrates the hardest version of every problem we work on — tall risers, dense mechanical rooms, curtain-wall envelopes, and roofs crowded with equipment, in buildings that cannot be taken out of service. We provide water intrusion investigation across every neighborhood listed below, using a FLIR E96 thermal camera and confirming each finding with a second instrument before it reaches your report.
Certified Infrared ThermographerInfraspection Institute · FLIR E96 & T865
Across Manhattan
Manhattan covers several distinct kinds of building, and each one fails differently. Here's what water intrusion investigation looks like in the ones we work in most.
Parapets, cornices, and shared party walls are the recurring entry points. Infrared distinguishes water arriving from a neighbor's roof from water entering through your own facade — which matters when responsibility is in dispute.
Curtain-wall joints, terrace thresholds, and mechanical penetrations dominate. A significant share of reported intrusion at glass buildings turns out to be condensation — infrared plus dew-point readings settles that before a facade contractor is called.
Facade water at window heads and lintels is common in masonry buildings of this age. Infrared narrows whether the source is deteriorated pointing, a failed lintel, or the window assembly itself — three very different repairs with three very different responsible parties.
Wall panel joints, roof-to-wall transitions, and mechanical penetrations are the usual paths. Infrared covers large areas quickly, which is what makes surveying a full building envelope practical.
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Why us and not a plumber
A plumber who finds your leak also sells you the repair. A roofer who inspects your roof also quotes the replacement. That isn't dishonesty — it's structure, and it quietly shapes every finding. We are an independent diagnostic company: we do not perform repairs, we do not sell materials, and we take no referral fee from any contractor. The report is the entire product, so there is nothing for us to gain by finding more than is there.
We can't profit from the work we recommend, because we don't do the work. If your roof is 8% wet, the report says 8% — not "replace the field."
We accept nothing from contractors for sending work their way. Take our findings to your own plumber, roofer, or electrician, or put them out to bid.
Boards, managing agents, and insurance carriers treat an independent finding differently than an estimate from the company that wants the job.
Sometimes the answer is condensation, or a warm duct, or a neighbor's roof. We're paid the same either way, so we say so.
Request an inspection in Manhattan
Send the details and we'll come back with a scope, a time window, and a price — including what the survey covers and what it doesn't.
Direct line
(516) 234-5012We'll review the details and follow up within one business day.
