Commercial Pipework Services

Waterlink is able to carry out a range of pipe work services for commercial, local authority, government and light industrial customers.

Blue pipe always denotes clean water

We are skilled at working in environments such as commercial estates, university campuses, hospitals and barracks.

All in a days work!

A typical job might involve being called in to detect a leak and replace a private water main.

This could involve identifying both the leak and the main where the mains might have been laid up to 100 years before.

Following on from this and considering the condition of old water mains, water quality and possibly health issues may arise. This in conjunction with the need to balance the demand on the water mains may require replacement with a higher capacity pipe.

The work would involve the excavation, replacement of the mains and then the reinstatement of the road or other surface.

 

 

 

 

 

All parts of the contract require high quality work:

Correct signage and excavation to protect the operatives and public during the course of the work.

The installation of the new water pipes due to the fact it will be carrying drinking water.

The backfilling and reinstatement of the surface to ensure that the new or repaired water pipe is protected.

For the reinstatement of the road or other surface we are able to use our own resources or call on the services of various professional companies.

 

 

Leak Detection

Identifying the fact of a leak and detecting it rapidly on a large commercial estate is part of our core expertise. We are often called in to conduct water audits, especially when water consumption can appear high.

If you have a leak, rather than dig up the whole pipe, or large parts of it we can identify the location of the leak using both traditional and the latest techniques.

The traditional methods include the use of a rod with an earpiece.

The operator simply places the rod tight against the ground and uses the earpiece to listen - its surprisingly effective to the trained ear!

Where the low tech, traditional approach is not sufficient we have access to the latest technology.

Leak noise correlator

This is an electronic device that is used to send a single through your leaking pipe, we then have a detector that is used to identify almost exactly where the pipe runs undergound and then the location of the leak.

We are able to excavate at the correct location in order to repair the leak, thus saving us time and of course you money.