Wales's newest city has some of its oldest pipework. We bring tracer gas, thermal imaging and acoustic detection to Wrexham on scheduled route days, locating hidden leaks for a fixed £480 + VAT with no digging to search.
Wrexham is the northern anchor of our Welsh coverage, taking in the city itself and the string of former mining and industrial villages around it, from Brymbo and Coedpoeth on the hills to Rhosllanerchrugog, Cefn Mawr and Chirk in the south of the borough. Owners, landlords and agents across LL11 to LL14 book us to end the guesswork on stubborn hidden leaks.
Being a long way from Neath simply means we organise the diary differently: north-east Wales jobs go onto planned route days with a firm date agreed up front. The survey itself, the £480 + VAT fixed fee and the depth of the final report never change with distance — and grouping nearby bookings onto the same route often gets everyone seen sooner.
Each visit closes with an insurance-grade evidence pack — thermal captures, moisture data and photographs — so trace and access claims, landlord records and repair quotes can all move forward the same week.
Local knowledge
The Denbighshire coalfield and the Brymbo steelworks built much of Wrexham's older housing: tight nineteenth-century terraces in Rhosddu and the city centre streets, and village after village of colliers' rows through Rhosllanerchrugog, Johnstown, Coedpoeth and Cefn Mawr. Solid brick walls, quarry-tiled ground floors laid straight onto earth, and supply pipes that predate anyone's memory make these houses excellent at hiding a leak and terrible at surviving one — moisture spreads laterally under those floors long before it surfaces.
The twentieth century wrapped the city in successive rings: Caia Park, one of the largest housing estates in Wales, went up between the wars and after 1945 with solid floors and embedded services now well into old age; Acton and Borras added suburban semis; and Gwersyllt, Llay and the borough's newer developments brought modern estates whose plastic pipework and underfloor heating fail in quieter, subtler ways. Across all of it, the symptoms reach us the same: spinning meters, sinking boiler gauges and damp that ignores every treatment.
WHAT WE FIND IN WREXHAM
Coverage
We cover the city and the whole surrounding borough — north through Gwersyllt and Llay towards Gresford, west into the hill villages, and south through Johnstown and Ruabon to Cefn Mawr, Acrefair and Chirk. All four Wrexham postcode districts are served at the same fixed price.
Postcode areas covered: LL11 · LL12 · LL13 · LL14
Our methods
Terraces with floors laid straight onto the ground reward a listening-first approach: acoustic sensors pick up escaping water through quarry tiles and brick far better than eyes ever will, and tracer gas then narrows the fault to centimetres. On Caia Park's solid-floored stock and the borough's newer estates, thermal imaging exposes warm heating leaks and chilled supply escapes through the floor finish, while borescope checks and moisture-meter surveys turn a suspicion into a marked, verified repair point.
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.
Wrexham FAQs
Answers specific to Wrexham properties and how we work in the area.
Wrexham jobs are placed on scheduled route days covering north-east Wales, so instead of same-day attendance we agree a confirmed date when you call 01639 999 999. In the meantime we will advise on isolating the leak, and the fixed £480 + VAT fee includes the travel.
Yes — the whole borough is in scope, from Caia Park and Rhosddu in the city to Rhosllanerchrugog, Coedpoeth, Brymbo, Cefn Mawr and Chirk. Every LL11, LL12, LL13 and LL14 address carries the same fixed price.
The complete Trace & Find survey: tracer gas, thermal imaging, acoustic listening, borescope inspection and moisture-meter mapping, followed by a full written report. Nothing extra for difficult properties, and any repair excavation is quoted separately once the leak is pinpointed.
Yes. Trace and access cover in most buildings policies pays for locating a hidden leak, and our report supplies the evidence insurers ask for — thermal images, moisture readings and photographs tied to the confirmed leak position.
Quite possibly. In pre-1919 terraces with tiles laid over earth, a failed supply pipe under or near the floor spreads moisture sideways for months before pooling anywhere. Meter testing tells us within minutes whether water is escaping, and acoustic and gas tracing then find where.
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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