Water mains (supply pipe) leak detection
Whether the supply pipe feeds one villa or a whole tenement, a leak anywhere along it is located, even under concrete, tarmac or a garden.
Equipment: acoustic ground microphones and tracer gas
Leak detection Pollokshields, Glasgow by ADI Leak Detection
In a villa or a sandstone tenement flat in Pollokshields (G41), a hidden leak is traced from the surface by Hamaad Janjua, who works for ADI Leak Detection out of Giffnock, and marked before a floorboard comes up. He can fix plumbing, heating and supply pipe leaks himself, and his mark shows any other plumber where to start.
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- Each of the 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2026 Corporate Livewire Prestige Awards made ADI Water Leak Detection Service of the Year
- Photographs and video go into every trace and access report, ready for your insurer
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Hamaad, Your Pollokshields Leak Detection Expert
Hamaad Janjua sets out from Giffnock, a 3.9-mile drive from Pollokshields via the B769 and Darnley Road. By the 2017 count from National Records of Scotland, its most recent, flats were 99% of homes in Pollokshields East and about three in four in Pollokshields West. Flats, Scottish Water notes, usually have a shared water supply pipe.
Hamaad's background in domestic plumbing and heating equips him for houses and flats with more complicated pipework, and Pollokshields has large villas as well as tenements. Shelagh F.'s Trustpilot review tells how he found a leak in the bathroom pipework that was threatening the kitchen ceiling below, then got the parts and fixed it.
- 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
Pollokshields Leak Detection Services
Pollokshields (G41), on Glasgow's south side, was established by the Stirling-Maxwell family in 1849 and is a conservation area. The M77 divides it from Dumbreck, and railways part it from Kinning Park, Kingston and Port Eglinton, and from Strathbungo, Crossmyloof and Shawlands. At its core, large villas with gardens line the western streets and three-storey sandstone tenements fill the eastern grid. With its Victorian and Edwardian buildings almost untouched, it pays to find a leak before lifting anything.
For a villa or a tenement flat alike, ADI's office team hears about the leak before booking the engineer.
What leak detection in Pollokshields includes
- Acoustic listening, thermal imaging, tracer gas, borescope cameras and moisture meters, all of them non-invasive
- A mark on the exact spot, made before a floorboard is lifted or a path dug up
- Backing for "Trace and Access" and "Escape of Water" insurance claims: the visiting engineer's report, photographs and video
- A guarantee on every ADI repair to plumbing, central heating or a water main
- Roof and structural leaks located, then written up for you
What are the signs of a hidden leak in a Pollokshields home?
A Pollokshields home with a hidden leak tends to give it away through one of seven signs: drips from a ceiling while the shower above runs, a ceiling stain that keeps growing, boiler pressure falling again after a top-up, a warm spot on a floor, a weaker cold tap, a damp patch high on a wall after rain or a lingering smell from a drain. The table below sends each sign to the right investigation.
| The sign | What it usually means | The investigation |
|---|---|---|
| Drips from a ceiling while the shower above runs | The shower's seals, waste or supply pipe (in the case study, the hot pipe) | Bathroom leak detection |
| A ceiling stain that keeps growing | Usually a bathroom, pipe or appliance in the flat above, or the roof on a top floor | Ceiling leak detection |
| Topping up the boiler, only to see the pressure fall again | Heating water getting out at a radiator valve, a joint or a pipe set into a floor or wall | Central heating leak detection |
| A patch of floor that feels warm when the heating is off | Often a hot water pipe leaking underneath, which a thermal camera can show | Hot and cold water pipe leak detection |
| A kitchen cold tap that runs weaker than it used to, at any time of day | Water may be escaping from the owners' supply pipe | Water mains (supply pipe) leak detection |
| Damp high on a wall after rain | Usually rain let in by the roof covering, a flashing or a gutter | Roof leak detection |
| A smell from a drain that lingers at ground-floor level | A broken drain or a failed joint on the waste pipe | Drainage leak investigation |
Which leak detection service does your Pollokshields leak need?
The investigation a Pollokshields leak needs depends on where it starts, and the equipment line on each of the seven cards shows what the engineer brings.
Central heating leak detection
Finds the escape point on a heating system that keeps losing pressure, be it a radiator valve, a run of pipe or an underfloor circuit.
Equipment: tracer gas, thermal imaging and pressure testing
Hot and cold water pipe leak detection
Copper or plastic water pipes boxed in, buried in screed or run through a ceiling void are traced until the leak is found and marked.
Equipment: acoustic listening, thermal imaging, tracer gas and borescope
Bathroom leak detection
Tests each bathroom fitting, from the shower tray and its seals to the toilet and the pipe feeding the shower, until the source of a wet floor or ceiling below is clear.
Equipment: thermal imaging, moisture meters and borescope
Ceiling leak detection
Starts at the stain and follows the water up to whatever is above it: the roof, upper-floor pipework or a bathroom.
Equipment: thermal imaging, moisture meters and acoustic methods
Roof leak detection
Looks for the way rain is getting in, whether through tiles, a flashing, a gutter or a flat-roof membrane. ADI's engineer locates the roof leak and writes it up, leaving the fix to a roofer.
Equipment: thermal imaging, moisture meters and drone inspection
Drainage leak investigation
When damp, smells or repeat blockages suggest a broken pipe below ground, a CCTV camera is run through the foul and surface water drainage.
Equipment: CCTV drain survey and acoustic listening
How does ADI find a hidden leak before anything is opened up?
There are five non-invasive methods in ADI Leak Detection's kit. Two of them, thermal imaging and a moisture meter, worked alongside a pressure test and a dye test in the Hillpark case study below.
Tracer gas
For a pipe under a solid floor or a path, tracer gas does the finding: it escapes where the water does, and a detector at the surface picks it up.
Acoustic listening
Amplified listening finds the sound of a leak below ground, loudest right where water escapes.
Thermal imaging
A thermal camera shows the warm trail of a leaking heating pipe, and the cooler patch a wet ceiling leaves.
Moisture meters
A run of moisture meter readings across plaster, timber or tile traces damp back towards its source.
Borescope cameras
Fed through a small opening, the borescope shows what is happening behind boxing or below floorboards.
Can ADI repair the leak once it is found?
Repairs are part of the service when the leak is on plumbing, the central heating or a water main, and ADI Leak Detection guarantees all of its repair work. If you would prefer, the repair can go to an independent plumber. A roofer or builder repairs roof and structural leaks once ADI has located and reported them.
Leak repairs by ADI Leak Detection
The engineer who traces a leak can repair it as well. In the Hillpark case study, Hamaad cut back the leaking pipe, capped it off and retested the hot pipework, which passed.
Repairs by your own plumber
Your own plumber starts with the answer in hand: the leak's position is marked on site, you are shown it before anyone mentions a repair, and the written report records it.
Who pays to find and fix a leak in a Pollokshields home?
Who pays turns on the boundary stop cock, the point where Scottish Water's side ends. That side covers the water main in the street and the communication pipe, the stop cock included; the supply pipe that carries on indoors to the stop valve falls to the owners. Scottish Water says flats and older or terraced houses usually have a shared water supply pipe, and in Pollokshields that takes in the eastern tenements and the Victorian and Edwardian villas alike.
Your buildings insurance
Trace and access cover is worth looking for in your buildings policy: where it is included, the insurer can pay to have the leak found and the floor or wall opened to reach it, up to the policy limit.
Your leak detection report
Every ADI engineer writes up their own investigation, Hamaad included, with photographs and video beside the findings and a layout made for "Trace and Access" and "Escape of Water" claims.
ADI's office team, on 0141 363 0314, books the investigation that fits what you describe.
Call 0141 363 0314Reviews of Hamaad For Leak Detection Services
Hamaad as three Trustpilot reviewers saw him, with not a word changed.
On time and on budget
Operative arrived on time - to the minute - and was clean, tidy and polite. Hamaad detected a leak in my bathroom pipework which was threatening my kitchen ceiling below, got the parts and fixed the problem. He cleaned up after the job too. 100% satisfied and would definitely recommend ADI.
Read on TrustpilotADI - great, quick, professional.
Hamaad came round to look into a leak we’ve had in our flat for some time and unable to source. He managed to source leak with the flat above quickly and advise flat above on how to resolve. We are confident in our own flat now knowing where the leak is from and very happy with Hamaad’s service. Very clear and gave great advice.
Read on TrustpilotExcellent service from Hamaad
Excellent service from Hamaad, who went above and beyond to source a leak. He explained every step clearly with fantastic communication throughout. Overall a great service, would definitely recommend.
Read on TrustpilotA Leak Detection Case Study
A dripping ceiling in a Hillpark house, traced to the pipework feeding the shower
- Engineer:
- Hamaad Janjua
- Location:
- Hillpark, in the Newlands area of Glasgow's south side
- Date:
- Property:
- Two-floor house, hot water tank in the loft
- Leak type:
- Leak on the hot water pipework leading up to the shower
- Methods:
- Pressure test, dye test, thermal imaging, moisture meter, retest after the repair
- Outcome:
- Leaking section cut back and capped off with the customer's permission; the hot pipework then passed a retest
