Leak repair in Sussex, Surrey & London
Finding a leak and then handing you a list of plumbers to ring is half a job. Our engineers carry repair materials, so in most cases the pipe that was leaking when we arrived is repaired and tested before we leave.
Every repair is proved, not assumed. The circuit goes back under pressure, the readings are taken again, and the result goes in your report. Where a repair is beyond what can sensibly be done on the day, you get a fixed price for the work rather than an hourly estimate.
Our approach
How we find leak repair leaks
These are the methods we would normally work through on this kind of job, in this order, stopping as soon as the evidence agrees on one point.
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Pressure and flow testing
We cap a section of pipework, raise it to a controlled test pressure and watch the gauge. A circuit that holds is eliminated; a circuit that drops is quantified. Repeating this system by system narrows a whole-house problem down to a single run, and gives a hard number for the report rather than an opinion.
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Thermal imaging camera survey
Water moving where it should not changes the temperature of everything it touches. A thermal camera renders those differences as an image, so a leak under a solid floor shows up as a shape long before it shows up as a stain. It is completely passive: nothing is drilled, lifted or cut to take the reading.
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Moisture mapping and salts analysis
Damp on its own does not tell you where water came from. Rising ground moisture leaves nitrate and chloride salts behind; a burst pipe does not. Testing the salt content of a plaster sample separates a plumbing leak from rising damp or condensation, which is often the difference between a valid insurance claim and a rejected one.
What happens
Trace, access, repair, prove
The same four stages on every job, whether it is a weeping joint or a mains supply pipe under a driveway.
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Trace
Non-invasive survey of the whole affected area. We rule systems out as well as in, because knowing what is not leaking is half the evidence.
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Access
One opening, in the right place, as small as the job allows. Usually a borescope hole first, and a larger opening only if the repair needs it.
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Repair
The fault fixed on the same visit wherever it can be, guaranteed for 12 months. Anything larger is quoted at a fixed price before we start.
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Prove
The circuit re-pressurised and held, moisture readings taken again, and the whole job written up with dated photographs and calibrated readings.
Pricing
Published rates, no call-out fee
Charged by the half hour with a half an hour minimum, and no premium for an emergency. All prices exclude VAT at 20%.
- Weekdays7am – 6pm, Monday to Friday£54.00+ VAT
- Evenings & weekends6pm – 9pm weekdays, plus all day Saturday and Sunday£69.75+ VAT
- Late night9pm – 7am, every day£90.00+ VAT
Questions
Leak repair: your questions
Can you repair the leak the same day you find it?
In most cases yes. Accessible pipework, joints, fittings, shower seals and heating pipes are routinely repaired on the same visit. Excavation, screed removal and roof works normally need a return.
Is the repair guaranteed?
Workmanship on our repairs is guaranteed for 12 months.
Do you put the floor or wall back afterwards?
We make good the access we created to a sound and safe standard. Full reinstatement to a decorative finish, such as re-screeding and re-tiling a floor, is quoted separately, and is usually recoverable under trace and access cover.
Related services
- Water leak detectionThe core survey: we find the exact source of any escape of water in your property without lifting floors or opening walls on a guess.
- Emergency leak detectionWater coming through a ceiling does not wait for office hours. We answer the phone around the clock and target a one-hour response.
- Trace and access reports for insurance claimsThe evidence pack your insurer needs: what leaked, where, how it was proved, and what it will cost to put right.
- Water damage restoration and dryingThe stage after the leak: drying the structure out properly, and putting right what the water damaged. Quoted separately once we know what we are dealing with.
Leak repair near you
We cover 74 towns, cities and boroughs across Sussex, Surrey and London.
Sussex
Need leak repair?
Call 01273 936 030 for free advice, or book a survey online. No call-out fee, and we will tell you honestly if you do not need us.