Re: Water detection probes?

Your local home store should (may) have moisture dectors but
they are expensive especialy if you are only using them once.
arround $150 but there are cheaper ones.

they have 2 metal probes that stick into wood or concrete
and send a current between the probes . by measuring the
resistance they give you an aproximate value of the moisture.

you can also check Ebay  and you can always sell it on ebay
after you are done with it.

flooring contractors and building inspectors use them.

to cure your problem you wont be cutting into the wall

you may just need to raise the grade arround the house to
make sure water runs away from the house or

you will be excavating arround the house and installing a
drain tile / perferated pipe  covering it with a silt sock and
then a foot or so of gravel.
over the gravel you use garden fabric or plain (not asfault)
construction paper then dirt.

you hook the drain tile tube into aditional tubes that you run
out into your yard underground and inside gravel

This is probably overkill though since you say it was not a
normal rain that caused this.
the ground is probably very saturated and time will cure it.


bob marencin
www.yourepair.com






"John Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Looking for a way to detect or measure the water
> behind a wall, or if a water spot is indeed wet,
> or all dried up.
>
> I'm trying to avoid cutting holes where there is not
> an issue (small spot after tornado a few weeks ago).
>
> Or ... is there a cheap camera/scope I can stick into
> a wall and hook up to a small monitor?
>
> Thanks!