Leak Detection Guides & Advice
Practical guides from MCR Leak Detection: finding hidden water leaks, trace and access insurance, boiler pressure problems, and what Scottish homeowners, landlords and businesses need to know. New guides are added regularly.
Signs of an Underfloor Heating Leak (and What to Do Next)
Cold zones in the floor, a gauge that keeps falling and damp skirtings are the classic signs of an underfloor heating leak. How to confirm it at the manifold, and how the loop gets traced without breaking out the screed.
Leaking Radiator Valve? Causes, Quick Fixes and When to Worry
Most radiator valve leaks are a quarter-turn fix on the gland nut. Some are the visible tip of system-wide corrosion. How to tell which you have, the safe quick fixes, and the signs that mean it is time to look deeper.
Who Pays When There’s a Water Leak? Owner, Neighbour or Scottish Water
Whether Scottish Water, you, a neighbour or your insurer pays for a water leak comes down to one question: where is the leaking pipe? Here is the full liability map for Scotland, from street main to tenement ceiling.
Scottish Water Says You Have a Leak? What Happens Next
A card or letter from Scottish Water means they believe a leak sits on your supply pipe, which owners are legally obliged to repair. Your bill will not rise, but ignoring it invites a formal notice. Here is the process, the help available and the fastest route to fixed.
Leak Allowances in Scotland: The Rules for Homes and Businesses
Most Scottish homes are unmetered and pay for water through council tax, so the English-style household leak allowance does not exist here. Metered businesses can claim a Burst Allowance through their Licensed Provider. Here are both sets of rules and the evidence a claim needs.
Shared Supply Pipes in Scottish Flats and Terraces: Who’s Responsible?
Flats and older or terraced homes in Scotland usually share one supply pipe, and responsibility for the shared section is joint. Here is how to tell if yours is shared, what the law requires, and how neighbours split detection and repair costs.
Tenement Water Leaks: Who Pays for Repairs in Scotland?
In a Scottish tenement, who pays for a water leak depends on the pipe: private pipework is one owner’s repair, common pipes are shared under the deeds or the Tenement Management Scheme. Here is how the split works and how detection settles it.
Water Leak From the Flat Above: Your Rights in Scotland
When the flat above leaks into yours, Scottish tenement law decides whose repair it is: the upstairs owner’s own plumbing or a shared common pipe. Here is how to protect your flat, contact the right person and prove the source.
Slow Water Leaks and Insurance: What’s Covered and What’s Not
Slow leaks sit in insurance’s disputed territory: covered when genuinely hidden, refused when warnings went ignored. How the gradual damage exclusion works, where the line falls and how to keep a slow leak claimable.
Why Insurers Ask for a Leak Detection Report (and What’s in One)
A leak detection report is the independent evidence a water leak claim turns on. What a professional report contains, how it unlocks trace and access cover, why it speeds up settlements and what to check before commissioning one.
How to Make a Water Leak Insurance Claim (Step by Step)
A water leak claim is two jobs at once: fixing the leak and building the paper trail. The seven steps in order, the trace and access split explained, how to handle the loss adjuster and the refusal reasons to avoid.
Leaking Stopcock: Is It an Emergency and What Should You Do?
Most stopcock leaks start as a slow weep from the gland nut, and a quarter turn with a spanner cures many of them. How to tell that from a failing valve body, why you should never force a seized stopcock, and when it needs same-day attention.