wrote:

I need to see what is happening in the cavity above my kitchen ceiling.
I seem to have a damp patch and suspect a leak from the upstairs
plumbin. Not far away I have some recessed lighting and wondered if a
tool for viewing inaccesible places with a fibreoptic exists ? I could
take out the bulb and use such a device to see what is going on without
having to remove any ceiling stuff.

The thing you are thinking of is a boroscope but they are not a wonder
solution cos you get a picture of a small area of dark and cant tell
which way is up and so on. Try using a digital camera and look at the
results on the computer

Anna

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