Leak Detection in Cleckheaton

The first is a leak inside the casing: a failed seal, a weeping pump or a component that has corroded through. That is a boiler repair, and it needs a Gas Safe registered engineer because it means opening the appliance.

The second is a leak in the pipework just below, at the valves or joints where the boiler connects to the system, which drips down and looks like the boiler. The third is the pressure relief valve: if system pressure climbs too high, it lets water out through a pipe to the outside wall, and a drip there points to a pressure problem rather than a hole. We check all three before deciding what needs doing.

If you are topping up the boiler every week or two, water is leaving the circuit whether you can see it or not. Under the floors of the older BD19 terraces, a weeping joint can drip into a void for months.

We work through it in order: boiler and valves, then each radiator and its valves, then isolating sections of pipe until the loss stops. It is slower than guessing and a great deal cheaper than lifting the wrong floor.

In Cleckheaton's older terraces the water supply may still run through pipework that has been patched over the decades. If the meter carries on turning with every tap off, the leak is on that side, somewhere between the meter and your taps.

We trace it from where it enters the house, check the stopcock while we are there, and repair the section that has failed. If the pipe beyond looks the same age and condition, we will tell you, and leave the decision with you.