Originally Posted By: kjones
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Been thinking about buying a moisture meter for mold testing - any suggestions on which one is the best? Also any comments on mold testing equipment. Thanks
Been thinking about buying a moisture meter for mold testing - any suggestions on which one is the best? Also any comments on mold testing equipment. Thanks
Originally Posted By: whandley
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Tramex Moisture Encounter Plus - $385.00… Uses soft rubber contact pads, no scaring of wall and or plaster surfaces.
Originally Posted By: mzwerin
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Just moved up from my original Protimeter Mini to the Protimeter Surveymaster. Boy, what an improvement! The surveymaster does everything the mini does, but it adds an all-important non-destructive “Search” mode to the mix.
So, now I can do my searching with the non-invasive no pins method & when I find a suspicious area, I can use the pins to get an exact percentage reading. Additionally, when using the non-contact mode, it displays a Relative Moisture reading while in the the Measure mode, it shows %WME or Wood Moisture Equivalent percentage. Pretty useful IMHO.
It's a very nice combination of features at a [reasonable] price.
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Originally Posted By: psabados
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Very limited surface visibility at exterior. High powered flash light telegraphed past moisture trails. Tramex to the rescue  The second photo has the appearance of wet damp walls, but they were totally dry.
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Report includes both photo's
Paul
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Originally Posted By: kjones
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Thanks for the ideas and suggestions
Originally Posted By: kwilliams
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what is a moisture metter
Ditto the Tramex, Just kidding Ken
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Originally Posted By: lkage
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| whandley wrote: |
| Tramex Moisture Encounter Plus - $385.00.. Uses soft rubber contact pads, no scaring of wall and or plaster surfaces.  |
Yup, I enjoy mine. Had a selling agent hanging around the inspection with my client and his agent. My client asked about this one wall area that had some evidence of moisture. Selling agent says "Oh, that had a little moisture from the basement window but it's all dry now and there's no problem anymore. My client looked at me questioningly. I pulled out the Tramex and put it on the wall. It pegged out. The seller's agent looked sheepish and said he'd have the panelling removed and any problems fixed.
I don't know if my client bought the house but he sure got educated on some realtor's BS.
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Originally Posted By: mzwerin
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If you want to get the Tramex Moisture Encounter (or the Plus model) look at what is on eBay right now:
Tramex Moisture Encounter Plus, Non-Destructive Meter
eBay Item number: 4401919230
http://cgi.ebay.com/Tramex-Moisture-Encounter-Plus-Non-Destructive-Meter_W0QQitemZ4401919230QQcategoryZ20604QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Don't know what it'll actually sell for, but at the moment, the [reserve not met] price is at $80... worth following this auction?
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Originally Posted By: kjones
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Is the Tramex able to test EIFS?
Also - have a house where the Dryvit is installed below grade (haven't seen any Dryvit houses before, so I'm looking at web sites to get educated), I would guess that this is a bad idea (being below grade) due to water wicking - am I right? Any comments?
  Thanks
Originally Posted By: psabados
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Ken
Tramex has a fairly large line of specialty testers. They do have several systems available for EIFS inspections.
Here's the Tramex site links
http://www.tramexltd.com/
Paul
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