Leak Detection in Stanmore
Stanmore and Kenton are mostly 1930s Metroland semis and detached houses, many extended and re-plumbed, with a growing number of flats along the main roads.
Leaks in Stanmore homes
The semis on the roads off Marsh Lane and Old Church Lane have suspended timber ground floors at the front and solid floors in the rear extensions, so one house can hide pipework in both. The larger houses towards Stanmore Hill and Bentley Priory are often rebuilt with underfloor heating and multiple bathrooms. Kenton has the same Metroland stock with flats above the shops on Kenton Road.
We cover all of HA7 and have carried out surveys in both Stanmore and Kenton. Bathroom leaks over kitchens are the common call, traced by dye testing each fitting and reading moisture and temperature in the ceiling below. Heating leaks in extensions are found with the thermal camera and tracer gas so only a tile or two comes up.
Parking is free on most residential roads. You receive a written report with photographs and readings for your insurer, and a fixed price for any repair before we start.
What we detect in Stanmore
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
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
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 Stanmore: questions answered
Do you cover Kenton and Queensbury as well as Stanmore?
Yes. All of HA7 and the neighbouring parts of HA3 and HA8.
My kitchen ceiling is wet under the bathroom. What will you do?
We test the bath, shower, basin, toilet and pipework one at a time with dye and pressure, and read the moisture below, so the report names the exact fitting at fault.
How soon can you get to Stanmore?
Usually the same or next working day.
Can you find leaks in a flat above a shop?
Yes. We work with landlords and managing agents and can survey both the flat and the premises below in one visit.
Suspect a leak in Stanmore?
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