The Moisture Measurement Blog

Restoration/Inspection

An Accurate Moisture Meter is an Essential Tool for Every Restoration Job

When called to investigate a water damaged site, the first step is assessing the moisture infiltration and separating good materials from bad. An essential tool for restoration in an accurate moisture meter. However, measuring moisture accurately is not as easy as pushing pins into the material or scanning the surface with a pinless moisture meter. […]

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Introducing Lignomat Wireless Data Logger: Your Ultimate Solution for Precise Monitoring

Ever wondered how to remotely monitor moisture with precision, efficiency, and quality in your operations? Meet the Lignomat Wireless Data Logger – your all-in-one solution for accurate, hassle-free monitoring of wood and building material moisture, EMC, and temperature. Its ability to provide real-time data, monitor critical parameters, and facilitate remote monitoring makes it an essential […]

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Contractors and Restoration Specialists’ Choice: Lignomat Data Loggers and Wireless Moisture-Log System

Lignomat Memo Chip BL2  Specifically for contractors and restoration specialists: for job-site surveillance and long-term monitoring. Alarms can be set to alert when unwanted conditions occur. Extension cables (standard stereo cable and 3.5mm connector) allow mounting the RH probe where it can best measure and the BL2 where it can be reached easily. Specifically for Wood: […]

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Lignomat Wireless Moisture Monitors and Data Loggers

On-site or with remote Access   With over 40 years of experience, we are one of the industry leaders in measuring moisture accurately and reliably. This knowledge was combined with the latest wireless technologies to develop the data logger BL2 series and the wireless monitoring systems. Our monitoring systems can measure: – Wood moisture, bamboo, […]

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Moisture in Concrete, Free vs Bound Moisture

Water in concrete is presented in three stages: as free water held by capillarity, as absorbed water held by surface forces and as bound water held chemically. The ideal method of moisture measurement should quantify amounts of these three states, but this is a difficult task because moisture in concrete is not uniformly distributed, and […]

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Gypsum Testing

Lignomat Powerpoint for testing Gypsum Boards for ASTM 1789 ASTMC1789-meeting Nov 17   Moisture meter for building materials Lignomete K The Lignometer K is a pin moisture meter for applications, where accuracy is expected to be at its best. This is a great lumber moisture meter features a wide moisture range (5-99)*. The moisture meter […]

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Beach House at the Oregon Coast Continued

What we did: To measure the outside humidity, we installed another wireless transmitter with an RH sensor attached under the roof. Measurements were collected by the same central station and sent to the Internet. A review of readings confirmed that the leak was fixed. The moisture in the window sill did not change at all, […]

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Beach House at the Oregon Coast

A few years ago we purchased a house at the Oregon Coast. Since then, several moisture related problems have occurred. We are familiar with moisture problems since our company manufactures moisture meters. Winter time at the Oregon Coast means lots and lots of rain, accompanied with a very high relative humidity. After the winter we […]

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May 2015 Lignomat Newsletter Wireless Monitoring of Moisture

  May 2015, Issue No. 13 AT A GLANCE * Wireless Moisture Monitoring, Data Logging *Memo-Chip BL2 *Wireless Moisture Monitoring *Special Offer Interesting Websites Cleanfax article on Lignomat Data Logging system (see more) Woodworking Network article (read more) Keep in Touch: PHONE: (800) 227-2105             (503) 257-8957 FAX:      (503) 256-3844 WEB: www.lignomatusa.com […]

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