Find the leak, not just the damp patch.
Concealed leaks traced with meter testing, section isolation and pressure testing, and pinned to a single line, fixture or connection before any access is cut.
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- Inner Melbourne
Diagnosis before demolition.
A hidden leak seldom sits under the wet patch. Water runs along joists, follows the edge of a slab and travels down pipe runs before it surfaces, so a stain on a wall or ceiling proves that water is escaping and very little else. That is why a leak detection visit starts at the meter rather than with a saw.
Measured Plumbing shuts the property down section by section and holds each line under pressure until the loss belongs to one run, one fixture or one connection. You see the meter readings and pressure results as they are taken, so the finding rests on evidence in front of you rather than on trust.
When the fault has been located, Heath does the repair himself and gives you the findings in writing: the tests run, what each one showed and where the fault sits. Wet areas get an honest answer. If the cause is a failed membrane or grout line rather than a pipe, you are told so, because that is a job for a waterproofer and not a plumber.
Find the source, then fix it.
A leak detection visit is a diagnostic job first. It ends with a location and a cause, and the repair follows from the same licensed plumber.
Meter testing
With every outlet on the property shut, the meter is watched over time to prove that water is escaping and gauge how much.
Isolation & pressure testing
Each part of the system shut off in turn and held under pressure until the loss belongs to a single run.
Concealed pipe location
Supply leaks inside walls, above ceilings, under floors and beneath slabs narrowed to a point before anything is opened.
Wet area diagnosis
A failed membrane, grout line or shower screen told apart from a genuine pipe leak, and named as such.
Fixture & appliance faults
Flexible hoses, cisterns, mixers, the hot water unit, dishwasher and washing machine each ruled in or out as the source.
Water service & boundary leaks
Leaks on the run from the meter to the house located, with the owner's side and the water authority's side told apart.
Repairs once found
Pipework, fixtures and connections repaired by the same licensed plumber, including burst pipe repair where a line has failed outright.
Findings in writing
The tests run, what each showed and where the fault sits, written so a manager, committee or insurer can act on it.
What a leak detection visit covers.
Each step is worked through before any structure is touched, and you see the readings as they are taken.
- Your account history, the date it started, what is wet and what has been tried
- Meter watched with every fixture and appliance shut off
- The water system shut down and tested section by section
- Each line held under pressure to attribute the loss
- Wet areas, fixtures and the hot water unit ruled in or out as sources
- Pipe location inside walls, above ceilings, under floors and beneath slabs
- The run from the meter to the house checked for boundary leaks
- Access cut only after the fault is pinpointed, and in the smallest sensible place
- Findings explained on site and given to you in writing
- The repair priced, or done on the spot where possible
- Readings and photographs kept where an insurance claim is likely
Where hidden leaks turn up.
Most unexplained water loss lands in a short list of places. The type of property usually narrows the list further.
- 01
Period homes and terraces with long water services between the meter and the house, where boundary leaks are common.
- 02
Houses on concrete slabs, where a supply line under the floor often shows first as a warm patch underfoot.
- 03
Timber-floored homes with subfloor pipe runs, where a pinhole in old copper can weep for months before anything shows.
- 04
Apartments and units, where a shared riser may need isolating and access to common areas arranged through the manager.
- 05
Rental and managed properties, with the findings written up so the property manager and owner can approve the repair.
- 06
Bathrooms and wet areas, where a failed membrane has to be separated from a genuine pipe leak before anyone opens a wall.
- 07
Gardens and outdoor areas, where an irrigation line or outside tap can lose water below ground with nothing visible.
Active flooding is attended as an urgent call-out rather than booked as leak detection.
Leak detection on the tools.
Testing you can see: meter readings, pressure results and the fault exposed in the smallest sensible opening.
Meter loss test
Every outlet shut and the meter watched to prove and gauge an unexplained loss.
Concealed leak exposed
Water loss traced to a point and the pipework opened only where the repair needed it.
Pinhole in old copper
A weeping copper line found by isolation and pressure testing, then cut out and replaced.
Testing is quoted separately from the repair.
The quickest jobs are leaks on pipework you can get at. The time goes up with the size of the property, the number of lines and fixtures that have to be shut off in turn, and pipework beneath a slab or behind tiles. In an apartment a shared riser may need isolating and access to common areas arranged, so those points are settled before the booking is locked in.
The detection work is priced on its own, which lets you see the cause before committing to a repair. When the fault has been found you get a written price for fixing it, including any patching or reinstatement the access will need. If a claim looks likely, readings and photographs are kept as the job goes along and compiled into a report the insurer can use.
Scope, inclusions and exclusions, in writing.
Anything outside what was agreed is priced and approved before it proceeds, so no variation lands on an invoice unannounced.
How a leak detection visit runs.
- 01
Take the history
Your account, the date it started, what is wet and what has already been tried, all before any testing.
- 02
Confirm the loss
Every fixture and appliance shut off and the meter watched until the loss is beyond doubt.
- 03
Isolate and test
The system shut down in sections and each line held under pressure to narrow the loss to one run.
- 04
Rule out fixtures
The hot water unit, fixtures and wet areas each ruled out as a source before any structure is touched.
- 05
Pinpoint the fault
The fault located to a point and, where access is needed, cut in the smallest sensible place.
- 06
Report and repair
Findings explained and put in writing, then the repair priced or done on the spot where possible.
Water flooding right now?
Active flooding is attended as an urgent call-out rather than a leak detection booking, subject to availability, so turn the water off at the meter and call.
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Other work we cover regularly.
Emergency Plumbing
Burst pipes, gas leaks, no hot water and flooding. Urgent call-outs across inner Melbourne, subject to availability.
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Residential Maintenance & Repairs
Repairs and maintenance for houses, apartments and rentals, from leaking fixtures and pressure faults to general plumbing problems.
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Hot Water Systems
Fault finding, repairs and replacements sized to the property, its demand and the existing connections.
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Send the meter readings, photos of the wet area and when it started, and Heath will come back to you. If water is actively flooding, calling is fastest.