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Charlie asks about the symptom, the age of the house and the meter. That tells him which system to test first and what to load in the van.
Leak detection in Chelmsford
Charlie covers the city and pinpoints the leak with cameras, microphones and gas so the repair is one small hole.
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Chelmsford has every type of pipework we see. Victorian terraces around Moulsham run copper under boards. The 1980s estates at Chelmer Village and Springfield have heating pipes set in screed. The newest streets at Beaulieu use plastic on manifolds, which leaks less but hides the leak better.
Essex and Suffolk Water looks after the main in the road. The pipe from their stop tap to your kitchen is yours, and on the larger plots in Great Baddow and Galleywood that is a long run under a drive. Chelmsford leak detection finds the break without lifting it.
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Charlie asks about the symptom, the age of the house and the meter. That tells him which system to test first and what to load in the van.
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The mains is isolated and checked for movement, then the heating circuit is pressure tested. One of them shows the loss, and that decides which pipe gets traced.
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Thermal imaging maps the pipe runs, acoustic listening tracks the escaping water, and tracer gas proves the exact point. The spot is marked and photographed.
An infrared camera shows heating pipes glowing through the floor and a cold streak where a mains leak has soaked the slab. It covers a room in minutes.
Water forcing its way out under pressure makes a hiss that carries through soil and concrete. Ground and contact microphones point to the loudest spot.
For the underfloor heating leak detection Chelmsford screeded floors need, the circuit is drained and filled with a hydrogen and nitrogen mix. A detector finds where the gas surfaces.
A Victorian terrace in Moulsham had damp at the skirting in the front room and a boiler losing pressure. The thermal camera showed the heating pipe under the suspended floor, and tracer gas placed the leak at a joint near the bay, so two boards came up. A 1980s house in Chelmer Village had a warm strip along the hall and needed topping up weekly, and the gas put the fault in the screed by the kitchen door. A flat near the station had a wet ceiling that turned out to be a shared riser joint two floors up. In Great Baddow a detached house with a long drive had a doubled water bill, and the ground microphone found the supply pipe split near the gate.
Danbury, Ingatestone, South Woodham Ferrers and Witham are all a short hop from Chelmsford and sit on the same day's route. Billericay is a few minutes further. Leak detection Essex wide starts here.
Most buildings policies include trace and access, which pays for finding the leak and getting to it. We write up every Chelmsford job with the test results, the thermal images and a marked photo of the leak position, in language a claims handler can act on.
Yes. In a block the first task is proving whose pipe is leaking. We test the communal riser and your own circuit separately and records which one is losing water, so the report settles it with the management company.
Usually within 24 to 48 hours of your call. Give us your postcode and the story so far and we will tell you the next free slot.
No. Carpet, laminate, tiles and screed all stay down while the camera, microphone and gas detector do the work. The only opening is the one the repair needs, and you know where that is first.
Some older lanes around Writtle and Galleywood still have one supply feeding several houses. We trace the shared run from the meter and tells you which section is leaking and which property it serves.
They fix the main and the pipe up to the stop tap at the boundary. Anything on your side is yours. If the test shows the leak is on their side, we say so and you report it to them.
Ring 07897 020 680 and tell us what the house is doing.
Landline 01440 840 772. Email hello@completeleakdetection.co.uk.