Water Leak Prevention

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divadsnilloc

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Has anybody any experience of a company called "Leakstopireland" who are advertising that they have preventative systems to avoid your home being wrecked by water leaks? I was speaking with their rep at the Ideal Homes Exhibition last weekend and at first look, it seems an impressive system. I believe they featured on TV3 recently.
 
Could state for the record if you have any connection with the company? TIA :)
 
Absolutely nothing to do with the company. I had serious water damage done to my home last winter and just looking for viable solutions to avoid a repeat.
 
Well than in that case, could you say what were the kinds of leak you experienced?

If we don't know, even people who may have used them will find it hard to offer useful comment.:)


ONQ.

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All advice on AAM is remote from the situation and cannot be relied upon as a defence or support - in and of itself - should legal action be taken.
Competent legal and building professionals should be asked to advise in Real Life with rights to inspect and issue reports on the matter at hand.
 
I would have thought that you would need a few of these installed if it is to work. One on the mains supply and another from the cwst in the attic.

Also what is to stop the system turning off the water everytime you run a bath or wash the car, etc.?
 
How about 18 burst pipes due to the freezing temperatures and the damage that caused? This company install a device at the mains supply coming in uder the sink and you can set it to shut down the mains in the event of irregular water flow. As regards washing the car or having a bath etc, you can preset the device accordingly. Their demo at the RDS looked impressive. I'm no expert, I'm simply asking if anybody has used this company and if so what were your experiences;)

onq said:
Well than in that case, could you say what were the kinds of leak you experienced?

If we don't know, even people who may have used them will find it hard to offer useful comment.:)
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If you had 18 burst pipes, I think you need to consider adequate pipe insulation. There are many very good threads on AAM on how to do this.
 
The insulation has been sorted using that thick foam like material which slides over the pipes. This was done by an excellent plumber but I'd like an extra safeguard as described in my previous post. Paranoid maybe, but never want to experience again what I went through earlier this year:(
 
18 burst pipes may point to a lack of insulation in the house itself.

Perhaps there are wider implications to consider?


ONQ.

[broken link removed]

All advice on AAM is remote from the situation and cannot be relied upon as a defence or support - in and of itself - should legal action be taken.
Competent legal and building professionals should be asked to advise in Real Life with rights to inspect and issue reports on the matter at hand.
 
It didn't help that copper pipes were attached with a bracket to the external wall in the utility room with no insulation whatsoever!
 
Folks, I think we can all agree that insulation is the first priority, but there are numerous threads on that topic already. Let's keep this one to discuss leak detection/prevention devices and the companies that offer such systems. It'll make an interesting addition.
Leo
 
I have no problem with the idea of a leak prevention device. I would just like to see more evaluation on them to highlight how they deal with more realistic scenarios, such as leaks that appear non-mains supply pipes and how they deal with situations such as purposely high demand requests such as baths/garden watering, washing cars, etc.

Perhaps somebody with more knowledge on the systems could contribute?
 
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