Leak under concrete floor

[Suspicious_user]

I'm looking for some help.

I have a Victorian house, the utility room has a concrete floor. There appears to be a leaking pipe under the floor. I've no idea where about, I can just see water coming from a channel under the floor.

I've spoken to a couple of plumber, neither who want to touch it as it's under the concrete floor - so who do I call? A builder to rip up the entire floor?

Someone with a camera on a mole or something who canlook down the channel to fit where the leak is. A drain person?

Any suggestions welcome, as I'm not sure who to call.

[595Heaven]

We had a leak in out central heating and all the downstairs pipework runs in a concrete floor.

Thankfully we had British Gas service agreement which included leak cover. They own Dyno Rod who locates the leak very quickly and made a very neat repair.

[Shappers24]

There are leak detection specialists who should be able to help. Some of them offer non invasive methods to check the pipes rather than digging up the whole floor.

[Suspicious_user]

Shappers24 said:

There are leak detection specialists who should be able to help. Some of them offer non invasive methods to check the pipes rather than digging up the whole floor.

That's exactly what I am looking for.

[Mr Pointy]

This guy shows what can be done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__A1nAQ-2Yk

Do a search for leak detector services in your area.

[595Heaven]

Dynorod!

Check your insurance / services contracts to see if you already have pipes and leaks covered

[John D.]

Google leak detection. There are companies that specialise in this.

I've seen a bloke from Thames Water use a big pole with a spike on the end to listen for a leak before. It was a big leak under a block paved car park, so he could hear the movement/vibration.

He also got dowsing rods out. At which point I wasn't sure if he was taking the piss. Either way he showed us where to dig.

[PM3]

https://www.aberdeenleakdetection.co.uk/contact-us...


A guess...profile says North and O&G . tbh I had a bit of a chuckle someone in O&G not knowing where to start tracing a leak .

[Suspicious_user]

595Heaven said:

Dynorod!

Check your insurance / services contracts to see if you already have pipes and leaks covered

Will speak to them, not covered under our insurance - though the work to make the area right is.

[595Heaven]

Suspicious_user said:

595Heaven said:

Dynorod!

Check your insurance / services contracts to see if you already have pipes and leaks covered

Will speak to them, not covered under our insurance - though the work to make the area right is.

Found my thread - the Dynorod content is towards the end. Very impressive work!

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by 595Heaven on Wednesday 7th October 11:06

[Suspicious_user]

PM3 said:

https://www.aberdeenleakdetection.co.uk/contact-us...


A guess...profile says North and O&G . tbh I had a bit of a chuckle someone in O&G not knowing where to start tracing a leak .

Not my department. Normally we just flare everything so there's not leaks.

[OutInTheShed]

Can you tell whether it's incoming main. cold water after your stopcock, central heating or what?

A mate of mine has been through this recently, he had copper central heating pipes set in concrete, they corroded, particularly where each pipe entered/left the concrete.
The only fix was to run new pipes.
Damp concrete can corroded copper.

[netherfield]

2002 house renovation, new heating all round, builders plumbers and sparkies all working together, extension at the back of the house , utility and study.

Screed on floor of the extension, couple of months before the heating is commissioned, leak showing in the study floor, so they have to dig it up, find nothing, plumber then decides there are joints under next door, dig all that floor up, eventually find a broken joint, the leak had travelled about three metres before surfacing.

[heisthegaffer]

Thermographic cameras can sometimes find where its leaking