Leak Detection in Mirfield

Modern family homes in Mirfield often have an en-suite over the lounge or kitchen, and when a stain appears on that ceiling the en-suite is the first suspect. Shower trays, wastes and the shower supply all sit in a tight space under the floor, and a slow drip from any of them spreads across the plasterboard before it shows.

We test each part separately. Some leaks only appear with the shower running at full flow, so we run it, check underneath where there is access, and narrow it down before any floor or tiling has to come up.

In the period cottages near the river and canal, much of the pipework is old copper, often buried in walls or under solid floors, and joined to newer runs whenever a kitchen or bathroom was redone. Joints made decades apart are a common point of failure, and so is pipe that has corroded where it passes through masonry.

These leaks are usually slow. If the meter keeps moving with every tap off, the mains side is losing water somewhere, and we follow the supply from where it enters the house and work outwards.

If you smell gas at home, ring the National Gas Emergency line on 0800 111 999 from outside the property. They attend, establish whether there is an escape and make it safe, which can mean turning off or capping the supply.

What they generally do not do is the repair. Once it is safe, a Gas Safe registered engineer has to find the leak on the pipework or appliance, repair it, and test the whole installation for tightness before the gas is turned back on. That is the part we do, under Gas Safe registration 962740.