Leak detection in Lewisham

Covered by our South East London team. We answer the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and target a 1 hour response across our coverage area, with no surcharge for an emergency call-out.

All of it. We work across SE4, SE6, SE8, SE12, SE13, SE14, SE23, SE26, including Lewisham, Catford, Deptford, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Blackheath and New Cross. If your postcode sits just outside that list, call and ask — we regularly work on the boundary.

Lewisham is largely Victorian and Edwardian terraces on London Clay, with the Ravensbourne and Quaggy rivers running through it and a long history of surface water flooding at Lewisham and Catford. Clay movement stresses drains, and the flood history means insurers scrutinise damp claims here closely, so a properly evidenced causation finding matters more than usual. In practice that means the faults we are called to most often here are clay movement fracturing victorian drain runs, surface water flood history complicating damp claims, escape of water between flats in terraced conversions.

Mains water in Lewisham is supplied by Thames Water. As a general rule the supply pipe from the boundary stop tap into your property is yours to maintain, and everything on the street side belongs to the water company. Our report states which side of that boundary the fault sits on, which matters because many water companies will repair a first leak on a customer supply pipe at no charge.

The same as everywhere else we work — there is no Lewisham premium. Weekday surveys start at £54.00 + VAT with a half-hour minimum and no call-out fee, evenings and weekends from £69.75 + VAT, and late nights from £90.00 + VAT.

Our reports are written to the evidence standard loss adjusters work to: calibrated moisture readings, dated photographs, a stated methodology and a clear causation finding. Trace and access cover in your buildings policy will usually pay for the survey itself as well as the damage caused by getting to the leak.