Leak Detection in Ascot
In North Ascot the thermal camera showed a hot spot on a kitchen floor and a diagonal pipe run beneath it, and the tracer gas detector confirmed the leak by the radiator.
Leaks in Ascot homes
Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale have large detached houses on wooded plots, many rebuilt with underfloor heating, several bathrooms and long private supply pipes, alongside 1960s and 70s houses in North Ascot with heating pipes in screed. The bigger houses have pipework nobody has a drawing of.
On an SL5 job the thermal camera picked up a hot spot on the kitchen floor in front of the cooker and, from another angle, the diagonal line of the heating pipe feeding it. The tracer gas detector beside the radiator confirmed the escape point. One small opening in the floor reached the pipe. Every image and reading went into the report.
Access is easy on private drives. The report covers cause, location and the extent of damage in the form insurers need for a trace and access claim, and we can talk to your builder about making good.
Leaks we have traced here
What we detect in Ascot
Central heating leak detection
A boiler that keeps dropping pressure means water is escaping somewhere in the heating circuit. We find the pipe or fitting and fix it.
Heating leaks
Thermal imaging leak surveys
A thermal imaging camera shows warm pipe runs and cool wet patches through floors and walls, so the leak is seen before anything is opened.
Thermal imaging
Tracer gas leak detection
A safe hydrogen and nitrogen mix is put into the drained pipe, rises through the floor or wall and is picked up by the detector directly above the leak.
Tracer gas
Underfloor heating leak detection
A leaking underfloor heating loop is found by isolating circuits at the manifold, then mapping the pipes with thermal imaging and tracer gas.
Underfloor heating
Trace and access insurance reports
Leak detection carried out and documented the way insurers expect, with a report your claims handler can act on straight away.
Insurance reportsFrom your first call to a leak you can see in the report
Call or WhatsApp with a few photos and a line about the symptoms. We ask a handful of questions, agree a fixed price and book the survey, usually for the same or the next day.
On arrival we pressure test the mains, hot water and heating, check the meter and test the escaping water, so we know what we are looking for before the detection starts.
Thermal imaging, the acoustic ground microphone and tracer gas are used as the pipework dictates until the leak is marked on the floor or wall.
You get a written report with readings, thermal images and photographs, ready for a trace and access claim. If you want the leak fixed, we open that one spot and repair it.
Leaks in Ascot: questions answered
Do you cover Sunninghill, Sunningdale and Virginia Water?
Yes. SL5 and the neighbouring parts of GU25 including Ascot, North Ascot, Sunninghill, Sunningdale and Virginia Water.
Can you find a leak under a stone kitchen floor?
Yes. Thermal imaging reads through stone and tiles and tracer gas confirms the point, so the smallest area is lifted and can be matched.
How quickly can you get to Ascot?
Usually the next working day.
Do you survey large houses with several heating zones?
Yes. Each zone is isolated and tested separately so the report names the zone, the circuit and the point.
Suspect a leak in Ascot?
Call now and we will tell you straight away whether it needs a same-day visit. Or send a photo of the stain, the meter or the boiler gauge on WhatsApp.
07516 755 680