Invisible Water Leak: How to Detect and Repair Without Breaking Walls (Plumber Expertise)
It's the anxiety of every resident of an apartment in Paris: the damp stain that extends across the ceiling, the peeling paint, or worse, the neighbor downstairs ringing the doorbell ringing in anger. La Invisible Water Leak Is a devious enemy. It hides in walls, under wooden floors or in inaccessible technical columns.
The archaic reflex? Break the wall with a jackhammer to find the pierced pipe. Forget about that. Chez Network tubing, we use the latest technology for Non-Destructive Leak Search. Here's how we locate the invisible and how to manage this claim with your insurance.
Early Signs of a Built-In Leak
A leak can remain silent for weeks before causing visible damage. Here are the signs that should alert you immediately:
1. The Explosion of the Water Bill
If you receive a notification from your water supplier (Eau de Paris for example) indicating abnormal overconsumption, do not ignore it. A lightly leaking toilet flush can waste 600 liters per day. A leak under the slab, much more.
2. Boiler Pressure Drop
Do you have to put water back into your boiler every two days to maintain the pressure? This is an almost certain sign of a leak in the heating circuit, which is often embedded in the ground.
3. Visual and Olfactory Indices
- Molds in the corners of walls or baseboards that warp.
- Persistent Damp Earth or Musty Odor.
- Color change of tile joints.
How to Detect an Invisible Water Leak in Your Home
Our Leak Search Technologies (No Damage)
Our aim is to provide a surgical diagnosis. We only break if strictly necessary for repair, and only at the exact location of the leak.
The Thermal Camera (Infrared Thermography)
Ideal for hot water or heating leaks. The camera visualizes temperature differences in walls or floors. A hot water leak will appear as a red “spot” extending out of the straight line of the pipe. It's fast and completely non-invasive..
Video Inspection (Endoscopic Camera)
We slide a rotating head camera into your drain pipes (WC, shower, sinks). This allows you to see from the inside the breaks, the dislocations of connections or the intrusions of roots, which are frequent in old Parisian networks.
Insurance and IRSI Convention: Who pays for the Leak Search?
The administrative management of water damage is often more stressful than the leak itself. Since 2018, the IRSI Convention Simplifies things for claims under €5,000 excluding VAT.
Leak search is taken care of
In the vast majority of cases, the costs of finding a leak are covered by the insurer of the occupant of the home where the investigations are being carried out (you), Without Franchise.
- Important: It is necessary to distinguish the Leak search (reimbursed) from the Repairing the cause (often at your expense, except for a specific contract).
Our Role: The Expertise Report
The insurer needs proof. At the end of our intervention, Tubulure Network provides you with a Detailed Leak Search Report. This document includes:
- The tests carried out.
- Technical conclusions.
- The Photoreport complete (thermal photos, video camera photos).
- The estimate for the repair.
This report is the key to unlocking your compensation quickly.
How to Conduct a Tubing Network Intervention
- Contact: You call us or contact us by WhatsApp. We give you a price range for the “Leak Search” package.
- Investigation: Our expert technician arrives (often by cargo bike) with his technological case. It methodically tests the networks (supply, evacuation, heating).
- Repair: If the repair is simple and accessible (e.g. joint under the sink), we do it immediately. If it requires breaking a tile or opening a partition, we present you with the immediate repair estimate.
Our emergency response services 7 days a week
Conclusion: Expertise at the service of your serenity
An invisible leak never goes away by itself; it gets worse. Waiting means risking the structural deterioration of your property and neighborhood conflicts.
Call on equipped and trained professionals. At Tubing Network, we transform the invisible into the visible, with rigor and transparency.
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