Phillip Whitehouse
| Phillip Whitehouse | |
| Occupation | Leak detection engineer |
|---|---|
| Employer | ADI Leak Detection |
| Based in | Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Regions covered | South East, East Anglia, South West, the Midlands, North West and Wales |
| Counties covered | 21 |
| Specialisms | Plumbing and Heating; Water Mains |
| Plumbing and Heating | 22 years |
| Commercial Plumbing and Heating | 6 years |
| Qualifications | City & Guilds Level 3 Plumbing & Heating |
| Leak investigations completed | 131 (since 2025) |
Phillip Whitehouse is a leak detection engineer employed by ADI Leak Detection, the trading name of ADI Leak Solutions Ltd.[1][2] Based in Birmingham, West Midlands, Whitehouse carries out leak investigations across South East, East Anglia, South West, the Midlands, North West and Wales, covering 21 counties in total.[1] ADI describes his specialisms as plumbing and heating, and water mains, and records 22 years in plumbing and heating alongside his leak detection work.[1] ADI records 131 completed leak investigations for him since 2025.[1][2] Six of his 22 years in the trade were spent in commercial plumbing and heating.[1]
Background and experience[edit]
ADI records Phillip Whitehouse as having 22 years in plumbing and heating, including 6 years in commercial plumbing and heating.[1] It attributes 131 completed leak detection jobs to him since 2025.[1] He holds a City & Guilds Level 3 qualification in plumbing and heating.[1] His is the only engineer profile on the site that does not publish a separate figure for years spent in leak detection.[1]
Qualifications[edit]
ADI publishes the following qualifications for Phillip Whitehouse: City & Guilds Level 3 Plumbing & Heating.[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]
Whitehouse works across central heating, underfloor heating, water mains, bathroom plumbing, underground pipework and drain leak investigations.[1] ADI states that he handles properties from Victorian terraced houses through to large detached country homes and commercial or industrial buildings, and that his commercial experience suits him to larger installations with more involved pipework layouts.[1] His listed detection methods are tracer gas, acoustic listening equipment, thermal imaging, borescope cameras and moisture meters.[1]
Areas covered[edit]
ADI lists Whitehouse as covering 21 counties: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Gwent, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Powys, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire and Wrexham.[1] The company groups these as South East, East Anglia, South West, the Midlands, North West and Wales.[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 eight leak investigations attributed to Phillip Whitehouse: three underground water mains leaks, two central heating leaks, one hot water system leak, one internal cold mains leak and one underfloor mains leak.[1] The locations given are Derby, Chetwynd, Telford, Nottingham, Stafford, Sheffield and Mottram St. Andrew.[1] Recorded outcomes include "Mains leak found at transfer couplers, front of property, repaired" at Derby, "Leak located in hallway, pipework repaired and pressure tested" at Chetwynd and "Underground mains burst located at front of property, excavated and repaired" at Telford.[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
- Borescope inspection
- Trace and access
- Leak detection in West Midlands