Locating for Plumbers, Electricians & Trades
Plumbers, electricians, landscapers and HVAC trades all break ground or cut concrete — and all benefit from knowing what's below before they do.
Leaks.ca is the educational leak detection hub and service-support division of Leak.ca, helping BC property owners understand leak risks and connect with professional detection services when needed.
Trades doing service work, installs and repairs need targeted locating: finding a buried line to tie into, clearing a trench or post hole, or scanning a slab before drilling. EM and GPR provide the answer without trial digging.
What Trades Need
Methods for Trades
Trace and mark buried metallic utilities by inducing or applying a signal and following it with a receiver.
Locate a point or a non-metallic drain by the EM signal of a sonde pushed inside it.
See inside a slab or wall — rebar, post-tension, conduit, voids — before any core or cut.
Locate the buried services that public one-call programs don't — private and on-site utilities.
Locate plastic mains and services through their installed tracer wire — or trace a rod when there's none.
FAQ
Yes. Locating a single line to tie into, clearing a post hole, or scanning a slab before drilling all prevent strikes and rework on small jobs — and a sonde locate pinpoints a drain defect so the trade digs once in the right place.
Serving BC
Locating & scanning for trades
Professional EM locating, GPR utility locating and concrete scanning across BC are provided through Leak.ca. Leaks.ca is the educational division — for booking and on-site detection across British Columbia, our service partner Leak.ca handles professional assessments.
Educational hub & service-support division of Leak.ca · Serving all of British Columbia · Since 1999