How easy is it to check if there is a leak in the service pipe between the outdoor and indoor stop cocks? I ask because I would like to eliminate it as a possible cause of a damp patch on a floor near an outside wall. I believe the service pipe runs nearby. The house is old and there is probably no damp proof course. There is no water meter fitted either, otherwise it would be easy to monitor the flow through it.
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Checking if there is a water leak
- Thread starter umborne
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Last thing tonight or in the wee small hours, put a screwdriver to your stoptap and listen, if mains is leaking you,ll hear it
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Had a neighbour who could hear it at night . Told them had a leak and get it seen to. New people moved in and got a meter fitted. They have had a bill for 3k for 6 months. heart attack time i think 
Thanks to you both. Gave this a try and can't hear anything. I notice that the service pipe is black alkathene. Would this affect hearing anything if there was a leak? Also the indoor stopcock is a bit inaccessible being behind a ktichen cupboard - OK for turning on and off, but requiring contortions to do this listening trick. Would anywhere on the rising main do or does it have to be on the stopcock.
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