Leak Detection in Cheshunt and Waltham Cross

Waltham Cross and the roads around Theobalds Grove have Victorian and Edwardian terraces on suspended timber floors, with plumbing that has been altered many times. Cheshunt is mostly 1930s semis and post-war houses in Flamstead End, Rosedale, Churchgate and Turnford, where heating pipes run in solid floors. Goffs Oak has large detached houses on big plots with long supply pipes, several bathrooms and in newer houses underfloor heating. Flats above shops and newer blocks near the stations have shared services and plastic pipework. In the terraces leaks tend to start at bathroom fittings. In the post-war houses it is more often the heating circuit under the floor.

We cover EN7 and EN8, including Waltham Cross, Theobalds, Cheshunt, Flamstead End, Rosedale, Churchgate, Turnford and Goffs Oak. The usual calls are a boiler losing pressure, a damp patch that keeps coming back on a ground floor wall and a hissing noise in a wall at night. Thermal imaging shows warm pipe runs and wet patches through plaster and floorboards. Tracer gas suits the solid floors and pinhole leaks that do not show on the camera. The acoustic ground microphone locates supply pipe leaks under front gardens and drives, and dye tests settle bathroom questions.

Parking near the stations and the shopping areas is restricted at times, so we carry the equipment in by trolley and ask for a visitor permit where needed. In Goffs Oak and on the estates we can usually park at the house. We protect floors and keep any opening up small. Most home surveys take between two and four hours. The written report includes photographs, thermal images and readings. It is prepared for a trace and access claim on your buildings insurance, with detection, access and repair set out as three separate items.