Leak Detection in Ware

Ware grew along the river and the high street. The centre has Georgian and older houses and former maltings that are now flats with shared services and long internal pipe runs. Victorian terraces sit behind the high street and towards the station, with suspended timber floors and plumbing that has been altered many times. The 1930s and post-war semis spread north towards Thundridge, and the newer estates on the edge of town have plastic pipework and heating in screed. The maltings conversions are the awkward ones, because a leak in one flat can show up two floors down in another.

We cover SG12, including Stanstead Abbotts, St Margarets, Great Amwell, Hunsdon, Wareside, Widford, Thundridge, Wadesmill and High Cross. Typical calls are a ceiling stain under a bathroom in a terrace and a heating system that needs topping up every few days. Another is a wet patch on a ground floor in a newer house. Thermal imaging picks out warm pipe runs and wet screed. Tracer gas suits the converted buildings where the pipework is boxed in and hard to reach. Dye tests on baths and showers settle whether a bathroom fitting is the cause before anything is opened.

The high street and the roads near the station have restricted parking at times, so we carry the equipment in and ask for a visitor permit where one is needed. In the villages parking is rarely an issue. We work room by room and protect floors as we go. Every survey ends with a written report, photographs, thermal images and readings. It is laid out for a trace and access claim on your buildings insurance. We are happy to speak to the claims handler or loss adjuster if they have questions about the method.