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He asks what you have noticed and whether the house has been extended. An extension tied into an older heating system is a common leak point, so the answer shapes the visit.
Leak detection in Hadleigh, Essex
Hadleigh in Castle Point, on the hill above Leigh. Charlie has found leaks in Hadleigh St James and Appleton already, and passes through on the Southend run most weeks.
No find, no fee
Usually booked within 24 to 48 hours
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Tell us what you have noticed and where. We ring you back to talk it through. No find, no fee.
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Hadleigh is 1930s semis and bungalows along the London Road, with chalet bungalows on the slopes towards the castle and Benfleet, and larger post war houses in Thundersley. Many have been extended, and extensions are where old and new pipework meet. London clay underneath shrinks in summer.
Essex and Suffolk Water supplies Hadleigh. Hadleigh sits on the route between Basildon and Southend, so Charlie is close most weeks. This page is for Hadleigh in Essex; the Suffolk Hadleigh near Ipswich has its own page.
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He asks what you have noticed and whether the house has been extended. An extension tied into an older heating system is a common leak point, so the answer shapes the visit.
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Meter test, heating pressure test, thermal scan of every floor. In a chalet bungalow the camera covers the ground floor quickly and shows where the extension pipes join the original run.
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Acoustic listening on the supply pipe or tracer gas in the heating. Once the leak is marked to a few inches, Charlie photographs it and the written report goes to the plumber or the insurer.
The camera shows the heating pipe route through a 1930s floor and the join where an extension's pipework meets it. A leak shows as a warm bloom or a cold wet patch.
A supply pipe under a Hadleigh front garden or a sloping drive is found with the ground microphone. The leak is loudest directly above the break, which is where the repair goes.
Hydrogen and nitrogen in a drained heating circuit escape at the fault and rise through the floor. The sensor finds the point, and only that tile or board is lifted for the repair.
A 1930s semi on the Leigh side had a damp patch where a new kitchen extension met the old house. Thermal imaging showed the join between the old copper and the newer pipework, and tracer gas confirmed the leak at that joint, so the floor was opened in one place. A chalet bungalow on the slope towards the castle had a boiler losing pressure, and the camera found the heating pipe under a solid floor by the stairs. In Thundersley a house had a meter turning with the house shut off. The clay had shrunk in a dry summer and pulled a joint on the supply pipe under the drive, which the ground microphone found.
South Benfleet, Thundersley, Daws Heath, Tarpots and Canvey Island are all on the Hadleigh run, with Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff just down the hill. Rayleigh is north on the A129, and Basildon and Pitsea are a few minutes west.
Trace and access cover pays for finding the leak and for the making good afterwards. Our report hands the insurer the method, the thermal and photographic evidence and the leak position on a plan. On an extended house it also records which section of pipework failed, which the adjuster will want.
Hadleigh in Essex, the one above Leigh-on-Sea in Castle Point, with Benfleet and Thundersley either side. There is also a Hadleigh in Suffolk, near Ipswich, which we cover on a different run. Say which county you mean when you ring.
Yes. Leak detection in South Benfleet is the same visit as Hadleigh, and Canvey Island is across the bridge. We cover all of Castle Point on one run, usually alongside Leigh and Southend, so a visit within two days is normal.
Almost certainly. A warm spot on a solid floor means hot water is escaping from a heating pipe below it, and the boiler is making up the loss. We confirm it with the thermal camera and tracer gas, and mark the exact point.
Possibly, but closeness is not the point. Our engineer has found leaks in Hadleigh St James and Appleton before, he is on the Southend run most weeks, and the visit is no find, no fee. You get the engineer, not a call centre.
Then there is nothing to pay. No find, no fee applies in Hadleigh as everywhere else. Our engineer explains what he tested and ruled out, which usually points you towards the real cause, such as a roof, a seal or condensation.
Call us on 07897 020 680 and say Hadleigh in Essex.
Landline 01440 840 772. Email hello@completeleakdetection.co.uk.