You cannot take a lump hammer to a Regency terrace to chase a damp patch. Our survey pinpoints hidden leaks through walls and floors without touching the period fabric — tracer gas, thermal imaging and acoustics, at a fixed £480 + VAT.
Cheltenham's elegance is exactly what makes leak-finding delicate here. A large share of the town's finest homes — the stucco terraces of Montpellier and Lansdown, the villas around Pittville — are listed, which means exploratory opening-up is not merely destructive but potentially unlawful without consent. Locating the fault precisely before anything is disturbed is not a luxury in this town; it is the only responsible approach.
We survey for owners of period homes, for the freeholders and agents managing Regency buildings split into flats and offices, and for households in the town's later suburbs from Hatherley to Charlton Kings. Visits are planned onto scheduled routes from our Neath base, normally within a few working days of your call, and the fee is agreed at £480 + VAT before we travel.
You are left with a report that does two jobs at once: it directs the repair to a single precise point, and it gives your insurer the documented evidence needed for a trace and access claim.
Local knowledge
The town grew as a Regency spa, and its signature stock — painted stucco over solid masonry in Montpellier, Lansdown, Pittville and The Suffolks — is beautiful at concealing water. Render holds moisture out of sight until it blisters or stains, by which time a slow leak may have been running for months, and many of these buildings still carry veteran lead and iron pipework threaded through basements and floor voids. Subdivision into flats and offices has added layer upon layer of newer supplies, few of them documented anywhere.
Beyond the conservation core, St Paul's and St Peter's offer Victorian terraces — many now student lets for the University of Gloucestershire, with bathrooms under heavy rotation — while Hatherley, Warden Hill and Up Hatherley bring twentieth-century estates whose heating loops sit in solid floors. The absorbed villages of Charlton Kings, Leckhampton and Prestbury round things off with older cottages on long private supply runs where an underground leak shows only on the bill.
WHAT WE FIND IN CHELTENHAM
Coverage
Our coverage takes in the whole town and its edges — the Regency core and Montpellier, north to Pittville and Prestbury, west across Hatherley, and south-east through Leckhampton to Charlton Kings under the Cotswold scarp.
Postcode areas covered: GL50 · GL51 · GL52 · GL53
Our methods
Period fabric dictates our sequence in Cheltenham. Everything begins hands-off: thermal imaging reads temperature anomalies through lath, plaster and render; acoustic sensors listen for pressurised escape through solid masonry; and moisture meters chart the true extent of the wetting, which rarely matches the visible stain. Only once the evidence converges do we confirm with tracer gas on the isolated circuit, marking a failure point precise enough that any subsequent opening — subject to listed building consent where required — is a single, minimal intervention.
A safe hydrogen-nitrogen mix escapes through the smallest defects — traced above ground to pinpoint the leak.
Non-toxicInfrared surveying reveals temperature anomalies behind floors, walls and ceilings.
Non-contactAmplifies the distinctive sound of pressurised water escaping from mains, copper and MDPE pipework.
UndergroundA flexible camera inspects wall cavities, floor voids and boxing-in through the smallest access point.
Minimal accessComparative readings across plaster, timber and concrete map water migration and confirm findings.
Evidence-gradePricing
Many leak detection companies charge £100+ per hour with no way of knowing the final bill. Our Trace & Find survey is a fixed £480 + VAT — however long it takes to find your leak.
A complete leak detection survey with the right equipment for your property.
no hourly rates · no hidden costs
Once located, repairs are quoted separately — every repair varies by leak type, pipework and access.
Priced individually to reflect the size, complexity and requirements of each project.
Answer a few quick questions and we will point you to the right fixed price.
Cheltenham FAQs
Answers specific to Cheltenham properties and how we work in the area.
Yes, and that is the core of what we do. The survey itself involves no opening-up at all: detection is done through the existing fabric with gas, thermal and acoustic methods. You then know the exact repair point, keeping any consented works as small as physically possible.
We can. Subdivided villas hide generations of pipework, so we isolate and test each circuit in turn until the failed run is identified, then set out the finding in writing so the freeholder, leaseholders and insurers agree on the facts before repairs start.
We come across from South Wales on planned routes, so most Cheltenham surveys are diarised within a few working days of your call to 01639 999 999. If water is escaping now, we will guide you through isolating the supply straight away.
It is prepared for exactly that: verified leak location, thermal imagery, moisture readings and photographs in one document. Trace and access cover appears in most buildings policies and usually reimburses professional leak location — our survey is a fixed £480 + VAT.
All three, along with every GL50–GL53 address, at the same fixed price as central Cheltenham.
Book a non-invasive Trace & Find survey for a fixed £480 + VAT — we locate the source fast, with a full report for your records or insurer.
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