All about Water Leakage Detection Tests

Water Leakages: Membrane roofs are installed in almost all the commercial buildings. The materials used to create the membrane are thermostat, modified bitumen and PVC, which avoid water seeping in. However, poor workmanship and poor quality standards can ruin the efficiency. Hence, it is very important to do water leak detection tests in Ireland to find potential problems as well as to inspect if proper measures are taken to lay the roofing for quality assurance.

Types of Tests: There are different tests that are available now that can be used to identify water leakage detection in UK. Here’s a quick glance at some of the options.

Electronic Leak Detection – Low voltage: Area that needs to be investigated is covered with water, after which the specialist will lay wire around the area that needs to be tested and will use surface probes to tap on the roofing and the meter that is connected to the probes will help detect electronic fields that are created on the other side of the membrane which was created by the water path.

Flood Testing: Areas that requires complete waterproof needs to undergo this test, this is done by allowing certain amount of water on that area for certain period of time to check if there are any water leakages.

Pin hole / Holiday Testing: A high voltage roller conductor is run on the wet surface to identify pinholes that can cause water leakage.

Infrared Thermography: Infra-red camera is used to capture the temperatures. This principle used to identify the water leakage is “Transfer rate of heat in the wet portions is very slow”.

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