Leak Detection Endeavour Hills

When the grass stays wet or the wall weeps

A soft patch below a terrace, a sleeper wall that weeps, a meter that ticks when no tap is open, or a mysteriously high water bill are the usual reasons we are called for leak detection. On a sloping block the water can travel a long way through fill before it shows, so digging at the first damp mark often misses the fault.

We use acoustic listening at the likely run of the service, along walls and at valves, and we correlate that with the meter and a visual look at pits and gullies. When we have a location, we open a small, targeted excavation and quote the repair as a fixed price.

What leak detection is not

It is not a guarantee that we will never need a second look, and it is not a reason to trench the whole frontage on day one. It is a way of seeing before we dig, which matters when a drive, a wall or a set of steps sits over the pipe.

Listening at a retaining wall

A weeping sleeper wall is a classic place to listen. Sometimes the wall drain is simply blocked; sometimes a water service is leaking in the fill behind the wall. Acoustic detection, a meter check and a look at the pit outlets usually separate those two. We would rather spend a little longer listening than cut a hole in the wrong terrace.

Bills, meters and hidden runs

A meter that ticks when every tap is shut is one of the clearest signs of a hidden leak. On a sloping block the water may be travelling through fill and showing up many metres away, so we correlate the meter, the likely service route and what we can hear at walls, valves and damp patches. We then open a small, targeted hole and quote the repair. If we cannot get a clear location we will say so, rather than trench a frontage on a hunch. Call 03 8658 7175 if your bill has jumped or a lawn stays wet without rain.

Endeavour Hills pipes at a glance

Endeavour Hills was built through the 1970s and 1980s on rising ground between Dandenong and the Lysterfield hills, postcode 3802, in the City of Casey. A lot of the original brick veneer is still on the block it was built on, often with a steep drive, a sleeper or concrete retaining wall and a stormwater pit at the low corner. Water services may be copper, with patches of later poly, and many sewers are still earthenware with tree roots from street and backyard plantings. Hot water is often a gas storage unit squeezed onto a narrow side path, which is why a replacement sometimes has to come down the front steps.

We use cameras, locators, pressure tests and acoustic leak detection so we can see the pipework before anyone cuts a wall or opens a trench on a slope.

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