Leak detection in Hørsholm
The test track and cars are located on Agern Allé.
DWI is located at DTU Science Park, Agern Allé 3 in Hørsholm. This is also where the DWI Leak Academy is held. basic course in wiring and leak detection, with theory and practical exercises on the test track. In other words, operators, measuring equipment and training are located in the same city as the task.
If you live in Hørsholm, it means a short distance to your address, and it means that the equipment can be changed or supplemented in the middle of a case without a half-day drive. If the water is already standing, we often drive out the same day.
The ground wire from the junction in is your own
If you live in a house in Hørsholm, the line from the boundary and into the house belongs to your property. The utility is responsible for its network in the road and typically up to the boundary, but the underground line on the property is your responsibility to maintain, and any loss on it will be settled on your account.
On a large house plot, the route is long, and often the pipe is laid as it was when the house was built. Galvanized steel and older plastic are both sensitive, one to corrosion and the other to settlements and old joints. The pipe can leak for years before you see a consequence.
Signs you can notice yourself
Stop all water use in the house and see if the meter is still moving — then there is water flowing somewhere. Notice if the pressure has decreased and if a particular spot on the lawn stays green and soft during a dry spell. Moisture in a floor against the exterior wall is a third sign worth mentioning when you call.
These are indications, not a position. A ground wire can lose water in one place and show it twenty meters away, depending on the ground. Therefore, the next step is a measurement.
Leak detection in Hørsholm on large residential plots
We listen acoustically with a ground microphone along the pipeline's route and in the measurement well and at the tap, and where the plastic pipe dampens the sound too much, we use tracer gas instead.
If no one knows the route of the pipe, we will first do a pipe search and mark where the pipe actually runs. This is often half the job on a plot where tiles have been laid and built on several times since the house was completed. You will have the route marked so you can see where on the plot you need to dig and what lies underneath that you would rather not have broken up.
The test track is ten minutes away.
The test track in Hørsholm is pipes in the ground with known leaks, where you can compare what you hear with what is actually there. For a water utility or a housing association with its own operations staff, the picture looks different than for you as a homeowner: there it can be worthwhile to be able to take the first measurement yourself. The basic course at DWI Leak Academy covers both listening exercises, wire search and leak detection, and as an authorized distributor of, among other things, Gutermann We can provide search equipment, for purchase or lease, with service.
If you want to see the course before you decide, you can come by. It is easier to evaluate the method when you have heard the difference between two pipes with your own ears.
Leak detection in Hørsholm for housing associations and utilities
A housing association typically has an internal network between the main meter and the stairs, and it is the association's own. We delimit the loss to a string before we point out a digging point, and we measure while the residents have water. The board gets the measurements documented together with the marked point, so it can obtain quotes for a limited piece of work and present it at a meeting, without anyone having to dig first to find out what the task is.
For a supply we use data loggers and HydrantAI, when the loss must be monitored over time in the pipeline network.
DWI A / S does not perform excavation or repair work ourselves. We locate and document, mark the location, and your plumber or contractor does the work in the ground. We are happy to talk directly with them about where the cut should be made.
You do this as the landowner. The supply has its network up to the boundary, and from there the pipe goes to your house. Therefore, you are also the one who pays for the water that flows out along that stretch.
Close all taps and see if the meter is still running. Look for poor pressure, a persistent soft or unusual green area on the ground and moisture in the floors up against the outer wall. If the meter is moving without consumption, there is something to measure.
Yes. It's the same methods and the same equipment as on a supply mission, just on a shorter distance, and you get the measurements documented afterwards.
Yes. Call and make an appointment and we will show you the course and the equipment. We can also tell you what the basic course covers and what exercises are available on the course.
No. The search is done from the surface and from the measurement points that exist. Excavation is first carried out when the repair is to be carried out, and then at the point we have marked.
Contact DWI
Contact us for competent advice, leak detection and pipe location for your waterworks or water supply. We also assist commercial customers and private households with professional solutions.
