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Mice and rats chew plastic pipe in lofts, voids and barn conversions, and the leak that follows is hard to find. Here are the signs, the detection method and the insurance position.
Taps that splutter, cough or bang can be an airlock, water hammer or a leak drawing air into the system. Here is how to tell which and fix it.
A frost has split a pipe and water is coming through. This first-hour checklist covers the stopcock, draining down, electrics, photos, your insurer and finding a hidden split.
A puddle under the boiler can come from the condensate, the pressure relief valve, the pump, the heat exchanger or a pipe below. Here is how to tell which and what to do.
Water under a radiator has run down from somewhere. Trace it upward with the tissue test, tighten a gland safely, and learn when the floor itself is the problem.
A drip from a small pipe on the outside wall is a message from a tank, cistern, boiler or cylinder indoors. Its height and material tell you which one.
Rural Cornish homes on a spring, well or borehole have no meter to warn of a leak. Learn to read the pump, isolate each run and trace a long pipe.
Sensor pucks, flow monitors and auto shut-off valves each protect an empty Cornish second home differently. Learn what each catches, what slips past and when to call someone local.
A leak in an empty holiday home can run from October to Easter before anyone notices. How to shut down properly, what to do about frost, and what your insurer expects.
Static caravans and lodges carry their pipework under the floor, where frost and knocks split it unseen. Here is how to spot a leak, test for it and settle who is responsible.
A hot tub should lose almost nothing overnight with the cover on. Here is how to test for a leak and where to look inside the cabinet first.
A pool that needs topping up is not always leaking. The bucket test separates evaporation from a real leak in a day, then the pump test narrows down where.
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