Traditional inspection methods that involve walking a roof with a handheld thermal camera present many safety concerns. Thermal scans need to be done after sunset. Walking a roof in the daytime presents enough safety hazards that making nighttime roof walks only creates an even greater liability and risk to the individual performing the inspection.  In addition, the camera’s proximity to the roof surface doesn’t allow for the thermographer to capture the entire roof in a single image. A bird’s eye view of the building can often provide better context when trying to determine compromised areas and locate any leaks and the source. Roof-walk IR inspections are more expensive on large-scale projects and with projects consisting of multiple roofs and buildings. 

Aerial-based inspections using traditional manned aircraft can often be used to efficiently to inspect several roofs at a large-scale project and providing the correct perspective capture an entire roof image.  However, these manned aircraft aerial operations and services lack the flexibility to intimately inspect roofs one-at-a-time like an inspector would and are not cost-efficient for roof scans in small numbers.  The manned aircraft is also restricted to height requirements controlled by the FAA and cannot in close proximity inspect the roof like an sUAS equipped with visible and IR camera can.

Our sUAS based inspections will provide an aerial perspective that better captures both visible and thermal data so property owners, roofing contractors, or facility managers can better evaluate and manage any issue or area of concern. Our infrared inspections are approved by the FAA for commercial operations.  Planet Inhouse, Inc. is fully insured UAV operator. Our thermal scans are performed by FAA part 107 pilots and every thermal report generated is completed by a level 3 certified thermographer.