The 'Today's Job' thread

[DaveDCB]

My compressor will only do 6bar. Most mains round here are more than that.

I’d go for that, you’ll soon see some bubbles!

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I’d go for that, you’ll soon see some bubbles!

I'll add some fairy liquid as well.

 

[pettsy]

Would you be better with a tracer gas? Not sure how much the detectors are mind.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Would you be better with a tracer gas? Not sure how much the detectors are mind.

Never played with the stuff. I'd like to narrow it down a bit first.

 

[Smiffy]

Never played with the stuff. I'd like to narrow it down a bit first.

Bloke on tick tock seems to have a fair business just looking for leeks with a couple of bits of kit. Tracer gas and moisture meters and what not. Quite entertaining to watch tbh

 

[DaveDCB]

40lpm is a fair volume really… I’m sure once you get near it will be pretty obvious, or you’ll find every fitting is weeping and it’s a horrible mess to fix

 

[Stroppymonkey]

40lpm is a fair volume really… I’m sure once you get near it will be pretty obvious, or you’ll find every fitting is weeping and it’s a horrible mess to fix

40litres per hour. just a dribble. 40lpm would be an impressive leak on a 1/2" alkathene! Also bloody expensive!

 

[DaveDCB]

40litres per hour. just a dribble. 40lpm would be an impressive leak on a 1/2" alkathene! Also bloody expensive!

Whoops

 

[Furniss]

Tapping into a wet spot - big hole fill with rubble and a perfed pipe, nothing technical, more or less dry day and forecast shows dry for next week or 2 .....yipeeee

 

[Lancs Lad]

Tapping into a wet spot - big hole fill with rubble and a perfed pipe, nothing technical, more or less dry day and forecast shows dry for next week or 2 .....yipeeee

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Can't help but think if the French are moaning it's wet then heaven help us!

 

[Furniss]

Can't help but think if the French are moaning it's wet then heaven help us!

Oh Bretagne (brittany) in the nw is pretty much as wet as south of england, but the SE of france haven't had hardly any rain to speak of apparently....all a bit extreme.

 

[Steve]

Wandering around today trying to find a leak on a nice customers supply. 3 houses and 2 barns and a few historic trough points on a 1/2 mile supply thats over 51 years old (that's when customer moved in). And everything is sopping wet everywhere with surface running water everywhere you look. We are right up on the watershed between Tamar and Torridge. About a wet a part of Devon as you'd like. Only loosing about 40lph so bugger all really but £1000 a year. Managed to rule out most of the buildings by listening to pipes I can find. Need to go back and might be able to dig it up half way along the supply to pop a valve in and try and pin down a location a little more. It runs across 2 roads and 4 properties in its half mile loop so just wacking a new line in isn't an option at this stage. Been hearing about people testing with compressed air when its wet ground. Anyone any experience with this?
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When you say you have ruled out most of the buildings by listening to pipes do you have acoustic leak detection gear if so how do you rate it I am looking into this. The last leak I repaired was around 2 litres a min which was found by a leak detection specialist with acoustic gear. Admittedly 2 litres a min is going to be a lot easier to find than your leak.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

When you say you have ruled out most of the buildings by listening to pipes do you have acoustic leak detection gear if so how do you rate it I am looking into this. The last leak I repaired was around 2 litres a min which was found by a leak detection specialist with acoustic gear. Admittedly 2 litres a min is going to be a lot easier to find than your leak.

Today was first visit. We have done a full install on one of the cottages, and we/I have been servicing the boiler in the Farmhouse for 20 years, other than that we haven't got involved with services, but its a valued customer so keen to get it right. I use a listening stick. I could clearly hear flow at the meter. There is a chamber behind the farmhouse which serves the farm as well. It was silent when listening on the pipe, but if we created a small flow then I could hear it plainly. Not 100% I agree but felt fairly confident that I had ruled out that section. Will go back in a couple weeks, find the pipe near where it starts teeing off for buildings and then I can at least decide which haystack holds the pin. Might well try compressed air as its SO wet that it might work.

 

[6feetdown]

Could you stick a traceable cobra up the pipe and mark the route, then re connect and walk route again, obviously won't go up tees 1 way but may help

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Could you stick a traceable cobra up the pipe and mark the route, then re connect and walk route again, obviously won't go up tees 1 way but may help

Can do. Will take 16 pits and 16 tracers with my 50m Cobra to get from end to end in the 1/2" Alky. Plus an extra pit for each joint I hit. 75% is on waterlogged farmland (4 different landowners) on ground you can barely walk on without loosing your wellys. Joyful times.

 

[6feetdown]

Can do. Will take 16 pits and 16 tracers with my 50m Cobra to get from end to end in the 1/2" Alky. Plus an extra pit for each joint I hit. 75% is on waterlogged farmland (4 different landowners) on ground you can barely walk on without loosing your wellys. Joyful times.

Yeah thr grd just turns to muck

 

[Canal Navvy]

Any chance that there are any Google earth images that show a greener patch in a dry summer?

 

[DaveDCB]

Any chance that there are any Google earth images that show a greener patch in a dry summer?

Try Apple Maps too, they are afew years more uptodate around us

 

[V8Druid]

40litres per hour. just a dribble. 40lpm would be an impressive leak on a 1/2" alkathene! Also bloody expensive!

it's a 20 litre can every half hour/30 minutes ... 's a reasonable leak and as said - costly on a meter.

 

[V8Druid]

Today was first visit. We have done a full install on one of the cottages, and we/I have been servicing the boiler in the Farmhouse for 20 years, other than that we haven't got involved with services, but its a valued customer so keen to get it right. I use a listening stick. I could clearly hear flow at the meter. There is a chamber behind the farmhouse which serves the farm as well. It was silent when listening on the pipe, but if we created a small flow then I could hear it plainly. Not 100% I agree but felt fairly confident that I had ruled out that section. Will go back in a couple weeks, find the pipe near where it starts teeing off for buildings and then I can at least decide which haystack holds the pin. Might well try compressed air as its SO wet that it might work.

air is OK as long as ALL the joints are good and well dogged .... if they ain't