Insitu moisture monitoring of existing houses via Mdu Probes

Objective was to establish building performance in an economic way

To begin measuring MC of actual houses as a cheaper option than Wall Signature testing. Are buildings compliant? Testing what councils called ‘early warning detection device’.

Testing showed every home tested had problems managing moisture

Began installing probes under design details historically capable of leaking. Found every home has problems managing moisture. Discovered when drilling that wood sample can be assessed as ‘the sum of the damage from accumulated moisture’. Initially 30 houses were done – this has now extended to over 1000 using the Mdu Probe System