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.
Cold Water Tank Leaking in the Loft: What to Do
A loft tank leak puts every ceiling below it at risk. How to shut off and drain the tank fast, tell a failed float valve from a split tank, and decide whether to repair, replace or remove it for good.
Leaking Shower? Tray, Seal or Hidden Pipe – How to Tell
The same ceiling stain can be caused by six different shower failures, and five of them get fixed with completely different work. Test the waste, tray seal, screen, grout and pipework one at a time, and stop paying for the wrong repair.
Leak Under the Bath: How to Find It Without Ripping Out the Bathroom
A bath can only leak from a short list of places, and each leaks under different conditions. Test the sealant, the waste and the supply one at a time, read the ceiling below, and keep the tiles on the wall.
Leak Under the Kitchen Sink: Finding and Fixing It
Most leaks under a kitchen sink trace to a loose trap joint or a failing flexi hose, and both are cheap fixes. Here is how to test each component in order, and the signs that mean the water is coming from somewhere less convenient.
Hot Water Cylinder Leaking? Causes and What to Do
Most cylinder leaks are the fittings, not the tank, and those are repairable. Here is how to make a leaking cylinder safe, trace the real source, and know when replacement is the honest answer.
Mains Water and Supply Pipe Leaks: Detection and Repair
The pipe between the street and your house is yours to repair from the boundary stopcock onwards. Here is how a mains or supply pipe leak gets pinpointed without digging, and what the repair involves once it is marked.
Commercial Leak Detection in Scotland: What to Expect
Scottish businesses are metered, so hidden leaks show up on the bill. What a commercial leak detection survey involves, how the Burst Allowance recovers wasted charges, and how detection works in leased and factored buildings.
DIY Leak Detection vs Calling a Professional: An Honest Guide
The free checks that prove whether a leak exists, the point where DIY stops being useful, and why opening the building in the wrong place costs more than a professional survey ever does.
The Equipment Professional Leak Detection Engineers Use
A tour of the leak detection van: acoustic ground microphones, correlators, thermal cameras, tracer gas kits, moisture meters and borescopes, with an honest look at what each tool finds and what it misses.
Non-Destructive Leak Detection: What It Means for Your Home
Pinpointing a hidden leak before anything is opened up beats exploratory demolition every time. What non-destructive leak detection involves, what it saves, and how trace and access cover fits in.
Tracer Gas Leak Detection: How It Works and When It’s Used
Tracer gas fills a drained pipe with a safe hydrogen and nitrogen mix, then a surface probe pinpoints where the gas escapes. Here is how the method works, why it is safe, and when it beats acoustic listening.
Water Leak Under the Floor? How to Tell Without Lifting It
Warm spots underfoot, cupping boards, damp skirtings and a falling boiler gauge all point to a leak under the floor. How to confirm it, which pipe it is likely to be, and how it gets located without lifting a board.