Danny O'Mahony
| Danny O'Mahony | |
| Occupation | Leak detection engineer |
|---|---|
| Employer | ADI Leak Detection |
| Based in | Bushey, Hertfordshire |
| Regions covered | Greater London, South East, East Anglia, South West and the Midlands |
| Counties covered | 18 |
| Specialisms | Plumbing and Heating; Swimming Pool; Water Mains |
| Plumbing and Heating Engineering | 40 years |
| Leak Detection | 5 years |
| Qualifications | City & Guilds (Plumbing Craft & Advanced Plumbing Craft); PADI Open Water Diver; PADI Advanced Open Water; Emergency First Responder; PADI Dry Suit; PADI Resuce Diver |
| Leak investigations completed | 1,045 (since 2021) |
Danny O'Mahony is a leak detection engineer employed by ADI Leak Detection, the trading name of ADI Leak Solutions Ltd.[1][2] Based in Bushey, Hertfordshire, O'Mahony carries out leak investigations across Greater London, South East, East Anglia, South West and the Midlands, covering 18 counties in total.[1] ADI describes his specialisms as plumbing and heating, swimming pool, and water mains, and records 40 years in plumbing and heating engineering alongside his leak detection work.[1] ADI records 1,045 completed leak investigations for him since 2021.[1][2] With 40 years in plumbing and heating engineering, he is one of two engineers listed by ADI with the longest trade background.[1][2]
Background and experience[edit]
ADI records Danny O'Mahony as having 40 years in plumbing and heating engineering, including specialist experience as a boiler technician and on new build installations, together with 5 years focused on leak detection.[1] It attributes 1,045 completed leak detection jobs to him since 2021.[1] He is a qualified PADI Rescue Diver, which ADI describes as making him one of the few engineers it lists who is equipped to investigate swimming pool leaks at depth.[1]
Qualifications[edit]
ADI publishes the following qualifications for Danny O'Mahony: City & Guilds (Plumbing Craft & Advanced Plumbing Craft), PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Advanced Open Water, Emergency First Responder, PADI Dry Suit and PADI Resuce Diver.[1] The company states that it holds accreditation with the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering and membership of the Water Industry Approved Plumbers Scheme, and that its engineers work under £5 million of public liability insurance.[1][2]
Specialisms and methods[edit]
O'Mahony investigates leaks across central heating systems, underfloor heating, water mains, bathroom plumbing, drains and underground pipework, and carries out swimming pool leak detection drawing on his diving qualifications for underwater inspection.[1] ADI describes swimming pools as a distinct area of his work requiring a different set of skills and equipment from building-based leaks.[1] His listed detection methods are tracer gas, acoustic listening equipment, thermal imaging, leak correlation, borescope cameras and moisture meters.[1]
Areas covered[edit]
ADI lists O'Mahony as covering 18 counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire.[1] The company groups these as Greater London, South East, East Anglia, South West and the Midlands.[1][2] Coverage is published at county level; the site does not state that he works every part of every county listed.
Documented case studies[edit]
ADI publishes seven leak investigations attributed to Danny O'Mahony: two swimming pool leaks, two underground water mains leaks, one central heating leak, one hot water system leak and one internal cold mains leak.[1] The locations given are Broadstairs, Oxford, Watford, March, Maidstone, Hertford and Bovingdon.[1] Recorded outcomes include "Three leaks found: skimmer pipe under filtration shed slab, two liner tears" at Broadstairs, "Leak confirmed at pool light fitting near steps, sealed with epoxy putty" at Oxford and "Mains pipe leak found and repaired beneath lounge floor screed" at Watford.[1] The site publishes a summary of each investigation rather than a full report.
See also
- ADI Leak Detection
- Tracer gas leak detection
- Acoustic leak detection
- Thermal imaging
- Leak noise correlation
- Trace and access
- Leak detection in Hertfordshire