Hidden Leaks Found & Fixed — Same Day Service
A hidden water leak can cause thousands of pounds in structural damage before it becomes visible. Our specialist leak detection equipment finds the exact source without unnecessary damage to floors or walls.
Most of the leaks we're called out for aren't the dramatic kind — they're the slow, hidden sort that show up as a rising water bill, an unexplained damp patch on a wall or ceiling, a musty smell in a cupboard, or a faint patch of mould that keeps returning no matter how often it's cleaned off. By the time any of these signs are obvious, water may already have been tracking through a floor void or behind a wall for weeks, so if your bill has crept up with no change in usage, it's worth treating that as an early warning rather than a coincidence.
Rather than lifting floorboards or cutting into plaster on a guess, we use acoustic listening equipment to pick up the sound of water escaping under pressure and thermal imaging cameras to spot the temperature differences a leak leaves behind on a wall or floor surface. Combined, these two methods let us narrow a leak down to a specific pipe run or joint before any access work begins, which usually means a single small opening rather than a length of floor pulled up on spec.
On plumber fee and cost, we quote for the detection visit and any repair separately and confirm both before we start — there's no "we'll see how it goes" pricing here. Most leak locations are pinpointed within one to three hours, and where the leak turns out to be a straightforward pipe fault, we can usually complete the repair the same day, with full photographic documentation for your insurer if the damage needs a claim.
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