Re: Still assessing the IR market - have a question

[ADavidhazy <ANDPPH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In a message dated 8/13/00 11:30:09 PM, adams@xxxxxxxx writes:
> >Or is that too cheap?
> If you're going to use an infrared film (like Kodak HIE) to measure heat loss
> from building structures in your roofing business, than I would say that
> 85.00 per hour is too high.

Of course, photographic materials and even IR sensitive digital cameras or
camcorders are incapable of detecting the wavelengths that one would wish to
record while conducting heat loss studies from roofs. Therefore, I would
suggest that if you somehow do figure out a way to do it using film your fee is
definitely too low!

But, from the drift of your complete message and your reference to plunking
down $18K or thereabouts I suspect you are talking about investing in a
portable Inframetrics Thermal IR camera system. That is just what is needed.

As far as pricing is concerned I can not give you a definite guideline but if I
recall you or friends are in the roofing business yourselves ... would you hire
an outside contractor for maybe $500 to $1,000 per day to do inspections on
speculation? Would one of your customers hire an outside crew to check out
their roof for maybe $500? 

Individual homeowners may not be willing to shell out that kind of money but I
would suspect that corporations would since a lot more is riding on them having
a problem-free roof ... they tend to have bigger and more expensive roofs!

cheerio,

Andrew  o o  0 0 o . o  Davidhazy, Imaging and Photo Tech
         \/\/\/\/\/\/          http://www.rit.edu/~andpph
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