On 5 Sep 2004 05:05:38 -0700, (dg) wrote:

Stuart wrote in message . ..
I have been advised by Scottish Water that they have detected a leak in
the mains supply feeding the flats I live in..They say it is after their
stop tap and is ,therefore ,the responsibility of the owners ..The supply
pipe is below cement and or tarmac.
Does anyone know if plumbers have sonar type equipment that can pick up
suck leaks to identify where the leak is to avoid costly investigative
digging ...Scottish Water suggested that some plumbers would have this
equipment .
Stuart

Why isn't the landlord or service agent dealing with this?

Well they are ,sort of. I advised them of the problem but they took the
pessimistic route saying there could be considerable costs involved ..What
they seemed to be saying was that it would be a case of digging at one end
and keeping digging until the leajk was found .I was trying to suggest to
them ways of locating the likley area of the leak before starting digging
....

Yes equipment does exist, but there is no guarantee that the company
with the equiment will be any cheaper than one without it.

But surely if the likely area of the leak can be found then thats where to
start digging and therefore costs should be less..?

A few quotations to remedy the problem ( and make good) is the only
answer.
The factor suggested that quotes would not be able to be obtained as
companies would not give one as they would not know the cost involved
until they started the work ( and presumably completed it as well)

Have you seen Scottish Waters' report to confirm that a leak exists,
they may be mistaken.

It was a SW Inspector who came out to see me but turned up a day early
when I wasn't up..I would think he just used some form of rod or
stethoscope type thingy ...

And how much would SW charge to rectify?

What...a utility company to do this ...:-)...can't imagine they would be
exactly cheap assuming that they would do it in the first place ..

Stuart ...

dg


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