Leak Detection in Putney

The streets either side of Putney High Street are mostly Victorian terraces with suspended timber ground floors, cellars at the front and bathrooms added above kitchens. West Putney has larger Edwardian houses on wider plots. Roehampton is different again. It has post-war estates on communal heating and shared risers, the 1920s Dover House estate of cottage style houses, and private blocks of flats by the Heath. Along the river there are modern apartment buildings. Mansion blocks and estates bring shared pipework, so a leak often shows in one flat and starts in another.

We cover the whole of SW15, including West Putney, Putney Heath, Roehampton and Putney Vale. The usual calls are a ceiling stain under a neighbour's bathroom, a central heating system that needs topping up each week, and a damp patch low on a cellar wall. In the terraces we lift nothing to begin with. Thermal imaging and moisture readings show the wet area and a dye test on the bath and shower above narrows it down. In mansion blocks we test the flat above by source and trace the route with moisture mapping. Heating leaks are confirmed with a pressure test and found with tracer gas.

Parking in central Putney is controlled on most streets, so we bring the equipment in on a trolley and use a visitor permit where one is available. Roehampton estates usually have visitor spaces. We protect carpets and work room by room. Afterwards you get a written report with photographs, thermal images and readings, prepared for a trace and access claim. That can be on your own buildings policy or the block's.