Leak detection
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check your home insurance policy , many include this , they will pay to trace the leak but not many race to repair the leak, unless it is accidentual damage
Good point. I am covered for track and trace
If the 'track and trace' on your insurance find the leak is in an inaccessible part of the house, they will then past it over to your building insurance department which will involve you paying any excess you have.
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I do that for a living and mostly on insurance jobs.
If the leak isn’t visible we first have a listen with the listening stick to try and locate it.
If we can’t find it with that we usually chose to dig at the boundary or point of entry. From the hole we would hope to be able to get an inflatable leak detector or pipe mic into the pipe to locate the leak.
Once we dig on the leak it’s a bit like car insurance. If there’s accidental damage it’s covered, if it’s corroded then it’s wear and tear and not covered.
I think the initial trace and access is about £480.
If the leak isn’t visible we first have a listen with the listening stick to try and locate it.
If we can’t find it with that we usually chose to dig at the boundary or point of entry. From the hole we would hope to be able to get an inflatable leak detector or pipe mic into the pipe to locate the leak.
Once we dig on the leak it’s a bit like car insurance. If there’s accidental damage it’s covered, if it’s corroded then it’s wear and tear and not covered.
I think the initial trace and access is about £480.
The leak is on his CH system
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Because of this https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/hammering.551201/. Are you talking about a different leak now?
Cos you told us , or do you now have a different leak ?
Sorry for the confusion. I
Sorry for the confusion. Im thinking there may be 2 separate leaks now
Sorry for the confusion. Im thinking there may be 2 separate leaks now
With domestic internal pipework the water is drained and filled with a tracer gas containing a small quantity of hydrogen or helium gas.
Having the smallest molecules the gas easily perculates through concrete/tiles etc and can be detected by sniffer test equipment.
Many years ago I thought of adding this service to my business...but the setup costs are staggering.
I would estimate 95% of leaks I come across are in accessible places and nearly always on radiators valves/joints etc.
Having the smallest molecules the gas easily perculates through concrete/tiles etc and can be detected by sniffer test equipment.
Many years ago I thought of adding this service to my business...but the setup costs are staggering.
I would estimate 95% of leaks I come across are in accessible places and nearly always on radiators valves/joints etc.
Hi, ive had tissue around all the valves to see if they get damp. No signs of any drips under the radiators or visible pipes. Im going to get a leak detection carried out, hopefully then I'll know if im dealing with one or two leaks
. Thanks for your advice It's a Baxi eco. Its fairly new aa we replaced it due to the old one loosing pressure. The pressure is still constantly dropping, slowly but still dropping. Not sure if there's any connection but there are now signs of blown plaster in the kitchen. I had a damp survey yesterday and he thinks there's a leak under the kitchen floor. The floor is concrete so im assuming that there won't be any heating pipes under there. Im guessing there may be 2 unrelated leaks.
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