Water mains (supply pipe) leak detection
Picks up a supply pipe leak through soil, gravel or concrete, wherever the owner's section of pipe runs: under a lawn, a path or the drive.
Equipment: acoustic ground microphones and tracer gas
Leak detection Drumoyne, Glasgow by ADI Leak Detection
Whether your Drumoyne (G51) home is a flat or a terraced or semi-detached house, Hamaad Janjua can trace the hidden leak for ADI Leak Detection and mark its exact position before any digging, cutting or lifting starts. He can then repair a plumbing, central heating or water mains leak, or your own plumber can work from his marks and report.
- Trustpilot: 4.7 out of 5, built on over 1,600 reviews
- Corporate Livewire Prestige Awards winners, named Water Leak Detection Service of the Year for 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2026
- Photographs and video illustrate each trace and access report
The original leak detection company, est. 2011
Hamaad, Your Drumoyne Leak Detection Expert
Google Maps' shortest drive from Hamaad Janjua's Giffnock base to Drumoyne is 6.6 miles, via the B769. National Records of Scotland's 2017 figures for the statistical area covering Drumoyne and Shieldhall show about two in three homes were flats and nearly one in five terraced houses, types Scottish Water says usually have a shared water supply pipe.
With 8 years of gas heating work and 10 of plumbing and heating behind him, Hamaad can judge how a whole system is behaving, and a wet patch is only one of the things he reads. Claire W.'s Trustpilot review describes him replacing a faulty valve, with the problem sorted within just a few hours of his arrival.
- Plumbing and heating
- 10 years
- Gas heating
- 8 years
- Specialist leak detection
- 3 years
- Leak detection jobs for ADI since
- 243
- Qualifications
- Gas Safe Registered, City & Guilds qualified plumber, Water Bylaws Level 2, solar thermal and unvented hot water tanks
Drumoyne Leak Detection Services
Drumoyne (G51), part of the former Burgh of Govan on the south side of the Clyde, has Linthouse to the north, Shieldhall to the west, largely separated from it by the A739, and Craigton to the south, across the motorway. It was developed for housing between the World Wars, and its homes are a mix of flats and terraced and semi-detached houses. A leak in an upstairs flat can show up in the flat below, while in a house the first sign is often a boiler losing pressure or a damp patch with no visible source.
ADI's office team speaks to each Drumoyne customer first, and books an engineer only after that call.
What leak detection in Drumoyne includes
- Five non-invasive methods: thermal imaging, acoustic listening, moisture meters, tracer gas and borescope cameras, all used from the surface
- The leak's position pinpointed and marked while floors, walls and ground are still intact
- The attending engineer's own written report, with photo and video evidence, formatted for "Trace and Access" and "Escape of Water" insurance claims
- All repair work guaranteed when ADI fixes a plumbing, central heating or water mains leak
- Roof or structural leaks pinpointed, with a written report
What are the signs of a hidden leak in a Drumoyne home?
Seven signs give away a hidden leak in a Drumoyne home: a boiler that keeps needing repressurising, a lawn or path that never dries out, water marks on a downstairs ceiling, darkening grout by the shower, a warm strip across a floor, upstairs walls turning damp after rain, and a drain that keeps blocking or smells. Beside each sign, the table names the ADI investigation built to trace it.
| The sign | What it usually means | The investigation |
|---|---|---|
| You have to repressurise the boiler again and again | A slow leak on the heating side, in a radiator, pipework, underfloor heating or a fitting such as an air vent | Central heating leak detection |
| Part of the lawn, path or driveway that never dries out, even in a dry week | Possibly the supply pipe leaking underground on its way in | Water mains (supply pipe) leak detection |
| Water marks appearing on a downstairs ceiling | A bathroom or pipework on the floor above, or rain coming in through the roof | Ceiling leak detection |
| Darkening grout or lifting flooring by the shower | Water getting past tired sealant, a cracked shower tray or hidden pipe joints | Bathroom leak detection |
| A warm strip across the floor, or a damp skirting board | Pipework carrying hot or cold water, split or leaking at a joint out of sight | Hot and cold water pipe leak detection |
| Upstairs walls turning damp after rain | Slipped tiles, worn flashing or a blocked gutter letting rain in | Roof leak detection |
| A drain that smells or keeps blocking | Often a cracked or leaking underground drain | Drainage leak investigation |
Which leak detection service does your Drumoyne home need?
Your Drumoyne home needs whichever of these seven investigations covers the part of the property that is wet, and each card names the engineer's equipment.
Central heating leak detection
Hunts down the slow loss behind falling heating pressure, checking radiators, the pipework that links them and any underfloor heating.
Equipment: tracer gas, thermal imaging and pressure testing
Hot and cold water pipe leak detection
Locates water escaping from hot or cold pipework inside walls, floors and ceilings, and leaves a clear mark for whoever carries out the repair.
Equipment: acoustic listening, thermal imaging, tracer gas and borescope
Bathroom leak detection
Works through the shower, bath, basin, toilet and the pipes concealed behind them to find out where bathroom water is getting away.
Equipment: thermal imaging, moisture meters and borescope
Ceiling leak detection
Traces water coming through a ceiling back to a roof, to pipework on the floor above or to a bathroom.
Equipment: thermal imaging, moisture meters and acoustic methods
Roof leak detection
Follows rain back to where it gets in: a slipped tile, tired flashing, an overflowing gutter or a split flat-roof membrane. ADI Leak Detection's report pins it down, and a roofer does the repair.
Equipment: thermal imaging, moisture meters and drone inspection
Drainage leak investigation
Investigates a foul or surface water drain with a CCTV survey and acoustic listening when damp, smells or blockages point below ground.
Equipment: CCTV drain survey and acoustic listening
How does ADI find a hidden leak before anything is opened up?
ADI's engineers find a hidden leak before anything is opened up by choosing among five non-invasive methods. For the Dowanhill case study below, Hamaad used thermal imaging, a moisture meter, a pressure test and a pipework inspection.
Tracer gas
A gas detector run over the surface finds where tracer gas, put into the isolated section of pipe, is leaking out through floor, concrete or soil.
Acoustic listening
Through a ground microphone, the noise of escaping water grows louder nearer the leak.
Thermal imaging
A thermal camera, like the one in the case study photos, shows a heating or hot water pipe as a warm line.
Moisture meters
A moisture meter shows how wet plaster, timber or screed is, and readings in the normal range can rule an area out.
Borescope cameras
An inspection camera, pushed through a small drilled opening, shows pipework hidden behind a wall, ceiling or floor.
Can ADI repair the leak once it is found?
ADI can repair the leak once it is found, provided it is on plumbing, central heating or water mains pipework, and all of its repair work carries a guarantee. An independent plumber is also an option. Water coming through a roof or the building's structure is located and written up by ADI, and a roofer or builder then puts it right.
Leak repairs by ADI Leak Detection
If you want it mended, the engineer who traced a plumbing, heating or water mains leak can also repair it, under the guarantee that covers all ADI repair work.
Repairs by your own plumber
Any independent plumber can carry on from there: the leak is marked and explained to you on site, ahead of any talk of repairs, and its position is set down in the written report.
Who pays to find and fix a leak in a Drumoyne home?
Responsibility for a Drumoyne leak follows the pipework. Scottish Water's share runs up to and including the boundary stop cock, covering the communication pipe and the water main; past that stop cock, looking after the supply pipe up to the stop valve indoors is down to the property owner. As Scottish Water puts it, "Flats and older or terraced houses usually have a shared water supply pipe", which describes most homes in Drumoyne.
Your buildings insurance
If your buildings policy includes trace and access cover, it can pay towards locating an escape of water and the work to get at it. Insurers set different limits, so the wording of your own policy is the thing to check.
Your leak detection report
ADI's report is the work of the engineer who came to your home; it holds photographs and video, it is formatted for "Trace and Access" and "Escape of Water" insurance claims, and it is ready for your insurer.
Call the office team on 0141 363 0314 to work out which of the seven investigations your leak needs.
Call 0141 363 0314Reviews of Hamaad For Leak Detection Services
Three customers' Trustpilot reviews of Hamaad, their words unchanged.
Efficient and friendly service
Hamaad was attentive, thorough and systematic in identifying the source of our leak. He replaced a faulty valve so the problem was sorted within just a few hours of his arrival. Would happily recommend!
Read on TrustpilotExcellent service from Hamaad
Hamaad our engineer was extremely professional friendly and very helpful explaining each stage of the process. Timely job with little or no mess. Huge thanks to him for a brilliant job and restoring our peace of mind
Read on TrustpilotHamaad arrived on time and found the area the leak was in extremely fast done his tests and showed us where it was :)
Read on TrustpilotA Leak Detection Case Study
Heating pressure loss in a Dowanhill property, traced to a leaking automatic air vent
- Engineer:
- Hamaad Janjua
- Location:
- Dowanhill, in the West End, north of the Clyde
- Date:
- Property:
- Two-storey property with three heating zones
- Leak type:
- Central heating leak at an automatic air vent
- Methods:
- Thermal imaging, moisture meter, pressure test, pipework inspection, access through the hall wall, retest
- Outcome:
- Leaking automatic air vent repaired; on the retest the system held pressure with no further drop
