Leak Detection in Kidbrooke and Greenwich
In Kidbrooke a heating leak was found with the thermal camera, confirmed with the acoustic and tracer gas detectors and proved with a pressure test on the radiator circuit.
Leaks in Kidbrooke and Greenwich homes
Kidbrooke has the new Kidbrooke Village apartments beside 1930s semis and the older houses of Blackheath, while Greenwich and Eltham add Georgian terraces, inter-war estates and everything between. New apartments have plastic pipework and shared heat networks; the older houses have copper in screed and under boards.
On an SE3 job the thermal camera showed a hot spot on the floor where a heating pipe was leaking. The acoustic detector peaked at 353 over the same point, the tracer gas detector along the wooden floor confirmed it, and a pressure gauge on the radiator circuit showed the loss. Four methods, one answer, one small opening in the floor.
Parking is controlled in the village and near the stations, easier in the 1930s streets. The report includes the thermal images, readings and photographs for a trace and access claim.
Leaks we have traced here
What we detect in Kidbrooke and Greenwich
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
Acoustic leak detection
A ground microphone listens for the sound of water escaping under pressure through floors, concrete and paving, and the reading peaks directly over the leak.
Acoustic
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 Kidbrooke and Greenwich: questions answered
Do you cover Blackheath, Greenwich and Eltham?
Yes. SE3, SE10 and SE9 including Kidbrooke, Blackheath, Greenwich, Westcombe Park and Eltham.
Why use more than one method on a leak?
Each method has strengths. Thermal imaging maps, acoustic and tracer gas pinpoint, and a pressure test proves it. Using them together means the floor is opened once, in the right place.
Can you find a leak in a new-build apartment?
Yes. Plastic pipework and push-fit joints leak at the joints, and thermal imaging and tracer gas find them behind plasterboard and under floors.
How quickly can you get to Kidbrooke?
Usually the next working day.
Suspect a leak in Kidbrooke and Greenwich?
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