Leak Detection in Croxley Green
Croxley Green is a few minutes from Watford, full of 1930s Metroland semis and 1950s houses with heating pipes buried in floors that were never meant to be opened.
Leaks in Croxley Green homes
Most of Croxley Green was built between the wars and just after, along the Metropolitan line. The semis on Baldwins Lane, New Road and the streets off the Green have solid ground floors with heating pipes set in screed, and many have had loft conversions and extensions that added new pipework to old systems.
We cover the whole village. The most common call is a pressure drop on a combi boiler that points to a leak under the ground floor. Thermal imaging picks out the warm pipe run and the cooler wet patch where it is leaking; tracer gas confirms the spot when the system will not hold pressure. Bathroom leaks in the extended houses are usually traced with a dye test and moisture readings before anything is disturbed.
Parking is on-street and unrestricted on most roads. We work cleanly, protect floors and leave you with a written report and photographs that support a trace and access claim on your buildings insurance.
What we detect in Croxley Green
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
Water leak detection
Hidden leaks behind walls, under floors and in ceilings, pinpointed with thermal, acoustic and tracer gas kit before anything is opened up.
Water 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
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 Croxley Green: questions answered
My boiler keeps losing pressure. Is that a leak in Croxley Green houses?
Usually, yes. If there is no water at the boiler or radiators, the leak is most often in the pipework under the ground floor, which is what we find with thermal imaging and tracer gas.
Can you find a leak in a screeded floor?
Yes. The pipe run shows on the thermal camera through screed and tiles, and tracer gas pinpoints the leak within a few centimetres so only a small area is opened.
How quickly can you get to Croxley Green?
Same or next working day in most cases. It is one of the closest areas to our Watford base.
Will you tell me the cost before you start?
Yes. The survey price is agreed when you book and any repair is quoted as a fixed price before we begin.
Suspect a leak in Croxley Green?
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