Leak Detection in Woodford and Ilford

Woodford Green and Woodford Bridge have big Edwardian and 1930s houses on tree-lined roads, many with long drives, several bathrooms and heating systems extended more than once. Ilford is denser: Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Cranbrook and Valentines, many now split into flats, along with purpose-built blocks from the 1960s onwards and new tower blocks around the station. In the terraces the weak points are old copper under suspended floors and bathrooms added above living rooms. In the blocks it is shared risers, stacked bathrooms and plastic pipework behind plasterboard.

We cover IG8 and IG1. In Ilford flats the question is usually which bathroom is leaking into which ceiling, and dye testing with moisture readings answers it in a way a managing agent can act on. In the Woodford houses the common call is a boiler losing pressure, where thermal imaging follows the heating pipework and tracer gas finds the weep that will not hold pressure. The acoustic ground microphone handles supply pipes under drives and front gardens, with tracer gas to confirm the point.

Ilford town centre and the roads near the stations are permit controlled, and Woodford has some restricted roads near the Green. We bring the kit in on a trolley and work room by room, so a parked van outside is not essential. Expect the visit to take a couple of hours or more. Every survey ends with a written report with photographs, thermal images and readings that supports a trace and access claim with your buildings insurer and sets out detection, access and repair separately.