Water Damage Assessment & Inspection in Burnaby

The hatch in a Burnaby Heights bungalow is often a closet panel or a square beside the laundry tub. We scan the fir floor from the room. If the number climbs, we go under with a pin meter on the joists and the sill. Edmonds crawls from those same years get the same order of work.

Photos catch the waterline on the pier blocks and any dark insulation in the bays. Every bay we reach goes on the moisture map with the reading and the material. A supply leak keeps salvage open. Drain water changes the category and what comes out.

Capitol Hill walk-outs sit in the slope, and South Slope houses on that ridge take water the same way. Rain runs the street and finds the window well or the stair. We meter the uphill wall in a grid, low and high, and we compare it to the downhill side.

A thermal camera shows the cold band where water tracked inside the wall, past the paint. We photograph the well, the stair, and the meter on the panel. Those points become the moisture map. Muddy surface water gets its own category line on the page.

Sullivan sits on the flats, and water there often comes through the footing once the ground is full. The meter runs the slab edge, the bottom plate, and any swollen baseboard. Groundwater can look clear and still carry silt. We write what we see.

Photos include the outside grade, the downspouts, and the wet line inside. The moisture map marks how far the reading stays high as you walk toward the middle of the room. We note whether the footing was already wet when we arrived. That timing belongs in the file.

Metrotown suites are concrete, and the water usually enters from the home above or a stack in the wall. We meter the ceiling, the wall under the stain, and the floor if the water travelled. A thermal camera finds a wet band in the gypsum before the paint blisters.

If we cannot enter the suite above, we name it as the likely source and mark it unconfirmed. Photos show the ceiling, the meter, and any drip. The moisture map covers your rooms plus a note on the stack. We note the category. Kingsway shops get the same photos when a roof drain is the inlet.