I recall working for a leak specialist company and they were not this competent. Just wanted me to rob the customer nonstop. Good to see someone trying
Being from western canada is always floors me to seek water metres and shutoffs outside and barely below ground. Ours have to be as the water main is 4 plus feet underground.
I work in leakage for a local water utility company, and most people think leaks are easy to spot, but simply don't realize that the vast majority are not visible. Trying to pinpoint a leak in an underground pipe, which is simply leaking directly into the ground is time consuming and actually quite difficult to do. Only a very tiny minority are actually visible like this one, and these are the very easy ones to spot. When a DMA (district metered area) is losing for example, 5 litres a second, when calculated by meters monitoring the amount of water in to the DMA verses the total amount consumed by customers, most people think 'wow 5 litres a second, that's a massive amount of water, it should look like a fountain gushing from the ground', and if you had a fountain gushing 5 litres a second then yes, it would be a massive gushing water jet. But think of a DMA as anything from 1 square mile, to maybe 6 or 7 square miles in area, and that 5 litres per second loss possibly could be the total from 30 small leaks, and then you start to understand just how difficult a leakage technicians job is. Trying to keep on top of leaks is like spinning plates.
@@ehsnils Nope, everything is metered and monitored. When there is a sudden rise in usage, we are sent out to find the source. Main water pipes that feed towns, can be 1.5m in diameter, and the water is of a high pressure. If one of those bursts, that is a LOT of water suddenly lost trust me.
@@JohnRock14 Bashing taps ? The only time we go into a customers property is to turn off the internal stop tap to try and eliminate the source of the leak, obviously if the test meter (or customers meter if it's a single supply) fitted is still showing usage with the internal stop tap switched off, we know the leak is external.
@@DjNikGnashers bashing taps = stoptap bashing (sounding). Mains fittings and stoptaps all day. When youre looking for 1-3m3 in a big dma, its boring af. 10m3+ at least youre looking for something meaty.
I had an underground leak in a block of flats in Cambridge , many years ago. I called them up (all before internet). The woman I spoke to was threatening and obstructive from the get go. I was only inquiring at what point it was their leak and when it became mine. I eventually hung up on her and my mate and I dug down to the pipework. The leak was so bad you could hear a rushing noise. When we got to it we found the alkathene pipe had been joined using brass couplings then buried in a chalk rich soil which dissolves brass and the pipes had come apart. Correct connectors and we were done. I shudder to think how much Cambridge water would have charged. Stay away from the water companies.
I live in Scotland and we don’t get water bills the same as England, ours is included in the council tax… so I’m just wondering if and who gets charged for all that water that was leaking?
So good to see someone competent, who takes pride in doing a thorough job.
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I recall working for a leak specialist company and they were not this competent. Just wanted me to rob the customer nonstop. Good to see someone trying
@CommercialGasEngineerVideos 👌🏻🕵♂️
The absolute state of that pipeline work!
Mate, you're gonna have to stop smashing windows, that'll be eating into your profits 🙈 another great vid mate, love watching these! 😊
"Maybe the problem is that tank."
"Impossible, it was decommissioned ten years ago."
"Why was it decommissioned?"
"It had a leak."
I like your style and your humour of your video the snaps the broken glass brightens up my doom scrolling at night thank you
Thank you 🕵♂️ glad I can brighten your day/night 👌🏻
I enjoyed the editing and sound FX 😁
Cheers I appreciate it 🕵♂️
I have no idea why UA-cam recommended your channel to me but I’m glad it did. Entertaining stuff. Keep it up. Subbed. 👍🏻
Great fault finding, start with basic then work upwards, great videos
I cant get enough of these videos, keep them coming!
Cheers bro! 🕵♂️
That going through the window cut surprised me in a pleasant way.
Love the videos theyre fun & interesting. Any chance of longer vids?
Thanks bro!
Yes I am planning on it! 👌🏻🕵♂️
Being from western canada is always floors me to seek water metres and shutoffs outside and barely below ground. Ours have to be as the water main is 4 plus feet underground.
The UK has a temperate climate - it rarely drops below -20 celcius.
@@andrewstafford-jones4291 It rarely drops below -10c, and not for any extended period.
Regs are between 750mm and 1 metre for water supplies in the UK
Your vids are still popping up on my device and I'm still enjoying every one, thanks.
As a long term plumber well done good job to find all that out
Why do builders / developers make it so hard to service water/gas pipes?
I know right can be very annoying
Cost. They don't do it maliciously but the options they use -the cheap options- shave pennies from the bottom line.
Editing is hilarious especially walking through the window
I work in leakage for a local water utility company, and most people think leaks are easy to spot, but simply don't realize that the vast majority are not visible.
Trying to pinpoint a leak in an underground pipe, which is simply leaking directly into the ground is time consuming and actually quite difficult to do.
Only a very tiny minority are actually visible like this one, and these are the very easy ones to spot.
When a DMA (district metered area) is losing for example, 5 litres a second, when calculated by meters monitoring the amount of water in to the DMA verses the total amount consumed by customers, most people think 'wow 5 litres a second, that's a massive amount of water, it should look like a fountain gushing from the ground', and if you had a fountain gushing 5 litres a second then yes, it would be a massive gushing water jet.
But think of a DMA as anything from 1 square mile, to maybe 6 or 7 square miles in area, and that 5 litres per second loss possibly could be the total from 30 small leaks, and then you start to understand just how difficult a leakage technicians job is.
Trying to keep on top of leaks is like spinning plates.
1 liter every 10 seconds - someone's cooling a distiller making moonshine.
@@ehsnils Nope, everything is metered and monitored.
When there is a sudden rise in usage, we are sent out to find the source.
Main water pipes that feed towns, can be 1.5m in diameter, and the water is of a high pressure. If one of those bursts, that is a LOT of water suddenly lost trust me.
Bashing taps all day is soul destroying
@@JohnRock14 Bashing taps ?
The only time we go into a customers property is to turn off the internal stop tap to try and eliminate the source of the leak, obviously if the test meter (or customers meter if it's a single supply) fitted is still showing usage with the internal stop tap switched off, we know the leak is external.
@@DjNikGnashers bashing taps = stoptap bashing (sounding). Mains fittings and stoptaps all day.
When youre looking for 1-3m3 in a big dma, its boring af. 10m3+ at least youre looking for something meaty.
Lucky the leak was outside and some what easy to access! Could have been a lot more complicated in building that size
That was far to easy I wanted you to have the road up 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂 The next few videos are a lot more difficult/challenging! 👌🏻🕵♂️
That water metre it looks to be connected to the side of a larger higher capacity water metre, Is that right?
"Oops, that's a mess, let's close that back up..." 😂😂😂😂
That pipework is an utter shambles. Nice detection work though.
I had an underground leak in a block of flats in Cambridge , many years ago. I called them up (all before internet). The woman I spoke to was threatening and obstructive from the get go. I was only inquiring at what point it was their leak and when it became mine. I eventually hung up on her and my mate and I dug down to the pipework. The leak was so bad you could hear a rushing noise.
When we got to it we found the alkathene pipe had been joined using brass couplings then buried in a chalk rich soil which dissolves brass and the pipes had come apart. Correct connectors and we were done. I shudder to think how much Cambridge water would have charged.
Stay away from the water companies.
First! Yay...
No doubt you'll be busy with the recent cold snap...
I'm sure there will be some heating jobs/videos coming🕵♂️👌🏻
Straight to the point love videos like this
Here in Polperro e have a leak which has been 'fixed'3 times...... gallons and gallons a day still pouring out
That was ace! Subbed
Cheers bro🕵♂️
Brilliant find!
Are you releasing vids on facebook and UA-cam? I just wanna make sure I’m not missing any by just watching them there!
Yes facebook aswell but longer content is coming to UA-cam in near future
@@OriginalLeakDetective perfect!!
Well done 👍👏👏👏
Good job man 😊
I live in Scotland and we don’t get water bills the same as England, ours is included in the council tax… so I’m just wondering if and who gets charged for all that water that was leaking?
Customers or occupants of flats on top of their own use. It's passed on in service charges.
Top job.! 😊
Good job
Why the tank get decommissioned?
You are a magician!
sealed it . perfect . across the pond needs some of that magic
nice find the duck would approve
Think the ones who done original pipework used to be spaghetti fans, what a mess of pipes and cables 🤦🏻♂️ well done finding that
Who's a clever boy?
What a mess them piping is!
😂😂😂😂😂joke!!!! 0:15
WTF Are all those pipes and walves for? 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂
Ffs slow the camera movements down,,itd look far better
Must be grim to live there
Who'd have thunk it would have been such an easy fix. I hope you had a towel to dry yourself down.
holly hell 10m^3/day lost (300 m^3 month)
Here in USA I fill my flats with air. Just sayin. 😊
Thats not that bad
Taki syf chyba tylko w angli
"Oops , that's a mess, let's close that back up.." 😂😂😂😂