HELP - How can I find the leak under the floor?

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My pressurised central heating system has a leak somewhere but we cant find it. We had the boiler replaced about 3 months ago (after our Glowworm Micron packed in) and now have a Vokera Mynute which has been running fine since it was installed. Nothing is coming out of the pressure overflow pipe. No marks on any of the ceilings so we suspect a leak under the ground floor. Pressure is dropping from 1.5 bar to zero in about 4 hours now. The plumbers have tried a leak sealer without success. Access under the ground floor is very limited (although the pipes are not buried in concrete). Is there a company near Stirling/Glasgow that has equipment to detect where the leak is without ripping up all the floors?


To explain the access problem:

The house is 5 years old (we're the second owner) and, from photos of it during construction, we can see that the radiator pipes have been run about 3 inches under the floor. The ground floor is a suspended floor, about 1 foot of clearance but unfortunately, the builders have put a series of chipboard 'dwarf walls' that run right across the house so access is in limited strips across the house. To make matters worse - the whole ground floor has amtico tiles that are apparently very expensive to replace.
 
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There's a company which will definitely find it for £200, (+vat?), franchises everywhere. will find it later if someone doesn't beat me to it.
 
Most put a smelly stuff into the system and sniff for it with a sniffer!

Tony
 
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'Munters' (see http://www.munters.co.uk/) is a specialist company that does this work - at a price.

IMHO, leak sealer is a last resort at best and CANNOT work with a leak as big as you describe. So Munters will probably be a good investment.
 

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