Mark Pavitt
| Mark Pavitt | |
| Occupation | Leak detection engineer |
|---|---|
| Employer | ADI Leak Detection |
| Based in | Teddington, Greater London |
| Regions covered | Greater London, South East, East Anglia, South West and the Midlands |
| Counties covered | 19 |
| Specialisms | Plumbing and Heating; Water Mains |
| Plumbing and Heating | 30 years |
| Leak Detection | 14 years |
| Water Mains Replacement | 10 years |
| Qualifications | NVQ Level 2 Plumbing & Heating; NVQ Level 3 Plumbing & Heating; Health & Safety Qualified; Specialist in plumbing fault diagnostics |
| Leak investigations completed | 2,924 (since 2011) |
Mark Pavitt is a leak detection engineer employed by ADI Leak Detection, the trading name of ADI Leak Solutions Ltd.[1][2] Based in Teddington, Greater London, Pavitt carries out leak investigations across Greater London, South East, East Anglia, South West and the Midlands, covering 19 counties in total.[1] ADI describes his specialisms as plumbing and heating, and water mains, and records 30 years in plumbing and heating alongside his leak detection work.[1] ADI records 2,924 completed leak investigations for him since 2011.[1][2] His profile describes him as a specialist in plumbing fault diagnostics.[1]
Background and experience[edit]
ADI records Mark Pavitt as having 30 years in plumbing and heating, 14 years in leak detection and 10 years in water mains replacement.[1] The company attributes 2,924 completed leak detection jobs to him since 2011.[1][2] His profile describes him as a specialist in plumbing fault diagnostics, and states that his trade background allows him to assess a leak's cause rather than only its location.[1]
Qualifications[edit]
ADI publishes the following qualifications for Mark Pavitt: NVQ Level 2 Plumbing & Heating, NVQ Level 3 Plumbing & Heating, Health & Safety Qualified and Specialist in plumbing fault diagnostics.[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]
Pavitt works across central heating, underfloor heating, water mains, bathroom plumbing, drains and underground pipework.[1] ADI lists his detection methods as tracer gas, acoustic listening equipment, thermal imaging, leak correlation, borescope cameras and moisture meters.[1] The company notes that his water mains replacement background suits him to work on buried supply pipes running under driveways and gardens, in addition to internal detection.[1]
Areas covered[edit]
ADI lists Pavitt as covering 19 counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Greater London, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, 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 nine leak investigations attributed to Mark Pavitt: four underground water mains leaks, two central heating leaks, two internal cold mains leaks and one hot water system leak.[1] The locations given are Hounslow, Bracknell, Chipping Ongar, Lewes, Poplar, Wandsworth, Maidstone, Teddington and Plymouth.[1] Recorded outcomes include "Mains supply leak found and repaired beneath kitchen floor" at Hounslow, "Failed 15mm pipe located and renewed beneath dining room floor" at Bracknell and "Split 22mm heating pipe found and replaced beneath kitchen floor" at Chipping Ongar.[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 Greater London