Leak detection

Leaks and burst pipes
in Kellyville

Found with equipment rather than by opening walls, and on a tank house, checked in the right order so you are not paying to hunt for a leak that is not there.

Changeover checked first24/7 for burstsNSW Lic. 368473C

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On a tank house, check the cheap thing first

A water bill that has climbed with no change in habits is the classic leak symptom, and in most of Sydney that is exactly what it turns out to be. Out here there is a step that comes before it.

Most houses on these estates have a rainwater tank plumbed to the toilets, the laundry cold tap and the outdoor taps, with an automatic changeover so those fixtures keep working when the tank runs dry. That changeover is a mechanical device and it can stick.

If it sticks on mains, nothing goes wrong. Every fixture works. There is no noise, no warning light and no wet patch. You simply stop using the tank and start paying for the water that is sitting in it, and the only evidence is the bill.

So the order matters. Testing the changeover takes ten minutes. Leak detection takes an afternoon and costs accordingly. Doing them the other way round is how people end up paying for a search that was never going to find anything.

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Ten minute test firstBefore anybody starts hunting
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Local leak guide

Leaks in a Kellyville home

A stuck changeover looks like nothing

Every fixture works. No noise, no light, no wet patch.

The only symptom is a bill that has climbed for no reason.

Test it before hunting a leak

Ten minutes against an afternoon, on a house that probably has a tank.

It is the cheapest question in the whole diagnosis.

A cycling pump is a tank-side leak

A pump running with nothing calling for water is losing pressure somewhere.

Replacing the pump treats the symptom rather than the cause.

Tank-side leaks never hit the bill

Which is precisely why they can run for years without anyone noticing.

A tank emptying faster than the weather explains is the tell.

On mains, the meter still decides

Everything off, and a smallest dial that creeps means water is genuinely leaving.

Still dial with a high bill points straight back at the changeover.

What leak work costs in Kellyville

Fixed price agreed before anything starts. These are indicative 2026 ranges.

Emergency isolation and make-safe $200 – $450

Water stopped and the situation stabilised, at any hour.

Tank changeover and pump tested $150 – $300

The first thing worth doing when a bill has climbed on a tank house.

Locate a concealed leak $250 – $600

Acoustic, pressure and thermal, with nothing opened to find it.

Burst pipe repair $300 – $900

Depending on the pipe, the material and how it has to be reached.

Written findings included

What it turned out to be, where, and what we did about it.

How a leak call-out runs.

Step 01

The tank question

Does the house have one, and is it connected to the toilets. On a jumped bill that is where the visit starts.

Step 02

Testing a rainwater tank changeover in Kellyville

Changeover and meter tested

Ten minutes that decides whether we are looking for a leak at all.

Step 03

Then located, if needed

Acoustic listening, pressure testing and thermal imaging until it is a point rather than an area.

Step 04

Repaired and written up

What it was, where it was, and what it took, at the figure agreed before we started.

Leak and burst pipe questions.

What Kellyville locals ask us before booking a plumber.

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My water bill jumped and nothing is wet. Is that a leak?

It can be, and on a house with a rainwater tank it very often is not. If the automatic changeover has stuck on mains, every fixture in the house works perfectly and you simply pay for water sitting in a tank outside. There is no noise, no fault light and nothing to notice, which is exactly why it runs for months.

How do you tell those two apart?

Quickly. We test the changeover and watch what the tank actually does, and we check the meter with everything closed. Ten minutes settles which of the two conversations we are having, and it is a good deal cheaper than starting with leak detection and working backwards.

What if the changeover is fine?

Then it is a leak, and we go looking properly. Acoustic listening, pressure testing and thermal imaging, chosen to suit what is leaking and where it runs. Nothing gets opened to find it.

A pipe has burst. What do I do first?

Shut the water off at the meter before anything else, then ring. How much a burst costs is very largely decided by how long the supply stayed on.

Can a leak be on the tank side rather than the mains?

Yes, and it presents differently. A tank that empties faster than the weather explains, or a pump that runs when nothing is calling for water, both point at the tank side. Neither shows on a water bill, which is why they get missed for years.

Does the pump ever cause the problem itself?

It can. A pump that cycles repeatedly with no demand usually means it is losing pressure somewhere, and that is a leak on the tank side rather than a faulty pump. Replacing the pump in that situation is money spent on the symptom.

What does leak work cost in Kellyville?

Testing a tank changeover and pump is $150 to $300. Locating a concealed leak is $250 to $600. A burst repair is $300 to $900. Emergency isolation and make-safe is $200 to $450.

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Get the leak found in Kellyville

Tell us whether the house has a tank, and what the meter does with everything off. Those two answers decide the order we work in.

Cheap test first, proper detection second, and one opening in the right place.

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Servicing Kellyville & districtNSW Licence 368473C

Leaks and burst pipes
in Kellyville

Get a leak callback

On a tank house, check the cheap thing first

Burst right now? Meter first.

Leaks in a Kellyville home

A stuck changeover looks like nothing

Test it before hunting a leak

A cycling pump is a tank-side leak

Tank-side leaks never hit the bill

On mains, the meter still decides

What leak work costs in Kellyville

Emergency isolation and make-safe $200 – $450

Tank changeover and pump tested $150 – $300

Locate a concealed leak $250 – $600

Burst pipe repair $300 – $900

Written findings included

How a leak call-out runs.

The tank question

Changeover and meter tested

Then located, if needed

Repaired and written up

Water going somewhere right now?

Leak and burst pipe questions.

Get the leak found in Kellyville

Get a leak callback

Leaks and burst pipes in Kellyville

Get a leak callback

On a tank house, check the cheap thing first

Burst right now? Meter first.

Leaks in a Kellyville home

A stuck changeover looks like nothing

Test it before hunting a leak

A cycling pump is a tank-side leak

Tank-side leaks never hit the bill

On mains, the meter still decides

What leak work costs in Kellyville

Emergency isolation and make-safe $200 – $450

Tank changeover and pump tested $150 – $300

Locate a concealed leak $250 – $600

Burst pipe repair $300 – $900

Written findings included

How a leak call-out runs.

The tank question

Changeover and meter tested

Then located, if needed

Repaired and written up

Water going somewhere right now?

Leak and burst pipe questions.

Get the leak found in Kellyville

Get a leak callback

Leaks and burst pipes
in Kellyville