Water leaks in pipes aren’t always visible. Most non visible leaks are so small or so well hidden that without the right detection tools you wouldn’t even know they were there, until you receive a big bill from your municipality or find you have no water. With leak detection services as one of our specialties, we know the best methods and have the right equipment to detect leaks that you can’t even see.
While you might not be able to hear the sound of a water leak for yourself, in the pipes the sound of a leak under pressure can travel a fair distance through water in every direction. It’s the sound of a leak that can help us to detect where it is with the right tools.
Our skilled, highly trained and experienced engineers listen in on a number of different places along the pipe and can pinpoint the sound of a leak and locate it. For this, we use a listening stick, which is a device that allows us to listen to what’s going on in the pipes. Listening sticks have been a longstanding tool for leak detection, dating back centuries, and there are many different kinds available. The more traditional types of listening stick consist of a metal or wooden pole with earpieces.
While this isn’t a perfect method for finding leaks, it is very capable of finding smaller leaks. Contrary to what you might believe, the types of leaks that make the most noise are small leaks, meaning that with listening sticks it is easier to find smaller leaks than it is to find bigger ones. While it might take some time to find the leak, this is one of the most tried and true methods of finding leak detection.