Leak detection in Bryanston — what we actually find
Bryanston's big gardens hide leaks better than anywhere else we work — irrigation lines and buried supply runs can lose a substantial volume for months into ground that never looks wet. The bill is usually the first sign. Ageing copper under slabs is the other common source here, and thermal imaging locates those without lifting a single tile to check.
Property stock in Bryanston
Bryanston is large freehold homes on generous stands, much of it built from the 1960s through the 1980s. That age is the defining fact: original copper is now well into the window where pitting corrosion produces pinhole leaks, and they arrive in clusters rather than singly. Big gardens also hide irrigation and supply-line leaks for a long time before anything surfaces.
Mostly freehold with direct access, which makes scheduling straightforward. Larger properties sometimes need a walk of the full supply run to locate isolation points.
Faults that cluster in Bryanston
- Pinhole leaks in ageing copper, typically appearing in clusters once they start
- Slab leaks on buried hot-water lines under tiled floors
- Distribution boards predating current requirements, often without earth leakage
- Irrigation leaks running unnoticed in large established gardens
How leak detection works
The meter test tells you whether you have a leak; detection tells you where it is. Close every tap, note the reading, wait two hours and read again — any movement means water is escaping between the meter and your fixtures. From there, acoustic correlation and thermal imaging locate it precisely enough to repair without opening tiles speculatively. That precision is the whole point, because the repair is usually small and the exploratory damage is what costs.
- Acoustic and thermal detection on supply lines, including under slabs and paving
- Toilet and cistern dye testing, which finds the most commonly missed silent leak
- Irrigation, pool and buried supply-line isolation testing
- Written reports with marked locations for insurance and municipal leak adjustments
- Repair of the located leak, or re-routing where the buried run is at end of life
Our process on a Bryanston call-out
- 1Confirm an active leak with a meter isolation test before any equipment comes out
- 2Isolate zone by zone — toilets, irrigation, pool, house — to narrow the area
- 3Pinpoint with acoustic correlation and thermal imaging
- 4Mark the location and report it in writing with the position recorded
- 5Repair with a targeted break-out rather than exploratory demolition
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