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Applications

Monitoring that starts with a building question.

Use readings over time alongside inspection findings to understand changing conditions and plan further checks.

Damp and condensation

When do conditions change?

What to monitor
Track temperature and humidity at agreed locations, then compare the pattern with inspection findings, heating, ventilation and building use.
How the record helps
Seeing when humidity rises and falls, and how that relates to temperature, gives the inspection findings a timeline to sit against.
Next step
Use the record to focus further checks.

Air readings alone do not identify the moisture source.

A Trace Surveys surveyor using a handheld thermal camera on a building elevation.
Trace Surveys building investigation work. Photograph © Trace Surveys Ltd.

Drying progress

How are conditions changing as the building dries?

What to monitor
Follow conditions at selected points after water damage or remedial work. A time series helps show where progress changes and where another visit may be useful.
How the record helps
A steady record between visits shows whether conditions are settling, stalling or changing with the weather and heating.
Next step
Plan direct material checks at the appropriate time.

Acceptable material dryness needs a suitable material measurement method.

A Trace Surveys surveyor testing beside a pipe connection at floor level with a portable instrument.
Trace Surveys building investigation work. Photograph © Trace Surveys Ltd.

Before and after repairs

What changed after the work?

What to monitor
Establish a baseline and compare it with a suitable period after the intervention, recording changes in weather, heating and building use.
How the record helps
Comparing like-for-like periods, with the surrounding circumstances noted, makes the before-and-after picture easier to explain.
Next step
Review whether the observations support the intended outcome.

A change in readings alone does not prove a repair succeeded or failed.

A Trace Surveys surveyor investigating a wet concrete ramp with a floor scanning instrument.
Trace Surveys building investigation work. Photograph © Trace Surveys Ltd.

Planning

Plan monitoring around the decision.

Monitoring should be planned around the decision you need to make, including where readings are taken and how they will be interpreted.

  1. Step 1

    Define the question

    Agree what decision the monitoring needs to support and what would count as useful evidence.

  2. Step 2

    Choose measurement points

    Decide where readings are taken, what is measured and how the results will be interpreted.

  3. Step 3

    Agree the review period

    Set how long to monitor and when the record will be reviewed alongside inspection findings.

See the measurements available

Start with your building question.

Tell us what you have noticed, where it is happening and what you need to decide.

Discuss a monitoring project