Leak Detection in Finchley

Finchley is largely Edwardian and 1930s housing: semis and short terraces around Church End and West Finchley, bigger detached houses in Woodside Park, and 1930s mansion blocks and post-war low-rise flats around North Finchley and Tally Ho. Many of the semis have had the kitchen extended and the heating moved to a combi, which puts new pipework in a solid floor next to old pipework under floorboards. Pressure loss in those mixed systems is a regular complaint, and the leak can be in either half of the house.

We cover N3 and N12, including Finchley Central, Church End, West Finchley, North Finchley, Woodside Park and Tally Ho. Typical calls are a combi boiler losing pressure, a damp patch at the bottom of a chimney breast wall that turns out to be a heating pipe, and a leak between flats in a mansion block. Nitrogen pressure testing tells us whether the heating circuit is actually losing water. Tracer gas then locates the point, and the thermal camera confirms it before any floor is opened.

Parking around Finchley Central and North Finchley is permit controlled during the day, so a visitor permit or a nearby pay and display bay is the usual answer. Roads in Woodside Park and West Finchley are easier. The equipment comes on a trolley, so one space near the door is enough. You receive a written report with photographs, thermal images and the pressure test readings, prepared for a trace and access claim on your buildings insurance.