Leak Detection in Richmond and Kew

Richmond Hill and the roads around the Green have Georgian and early Victorian houses with basements and long gravity pipe runs, many divided into flats. Kew Village and the streets near the Gardens are Victorian and Edwardian terraces, often extended at the rear. North Sheen is mostly 1930s semis on solid or suspended floors with heating pipework beneath. Ham and Petersham range from large detached houses on big plots to the post-war Ham estates of terraces and low rise flats. The town centre adds mansion blocks and modern riverside apartments. Supply pipes under long front gardens and heating pipes under solid floors are the usual culprits.

We cover TW9 and TW10. The common calls are a water meter turning with everything off, a damp patch at the base of an outside wall, a boiler losing pressure and a ceiling stain under a bathroom. For a supply pipe the acoustic ground microphone picks up the sound of escaping water against the wall and along the path, and tracer gas confirms the point before any digging. Thermal imaging follows heating pipework through floors and plaster. Dye tests and moisture readings show which bathroom fitting is leaking in the converted houses and flats.

Richmond town centre and Kew are permit controlled, with Ham and Petersham mostly unrestricted and plenty of driveways. We bring the kit in on a trolley wherever the van has to stop. Most surveys of a house here take between two and four hours. If a leak cannot be found without opening up, we say so and set out the options rather than guessing. The written report with photographs, thermal images and readings supports a trace and access claim on your buildings insurance and is kept for any supply pipe matter with the water company.