Vancouver, Metro Vancouver
GPR leak detection in Vancouver
Leak.ca has been serving Vancouver municipalities and public agencies since 1999. Our certified technicians use advanced non-invasive technology — thermal imaging, acoustic correlation, ground-penetrating radar, and tracer gas — to locate hidden water and process leaks without unnecessary damage to your property. BC's largest city — dense single-family homes, condos, retail, and government facilities.
Neighbourhoods we serve in Vancouver
We respond across Vancouver, including Downtown, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Kerrisdale, Dunbar, Point Grey, West End, Yaletown, and Marpole. Same-day appointments are typically available for urgent situations; regular bookings within 24–48 hours.
Common gpr leak issues in Vancouver
- BC One Call doesn't cover private property — Public utility locates stop at the property line. Anything inside the lot — drains, irrigation, electrical, gas, lawn lighting, septic — is your responsibility. GPR fills that gap.
- Hitting a buried utility = $$$ + injury — Striking a live electrical conduit, a gas line, or a fibre run can mean injury, six-figure repairs, and project shutdown. A 30-minute GPR scan averts most of it.
- Coring into rebar = structural compromise — Coring through structural rebar weakens the slab. A 1.6 GHz GPR scan maps every bar before the drill bit touches the surface.
- Coring into a post-tension cable = catastrophic — Cutting a PT cable in a post-tensioned slab releases tens of thousands of pounds of force instantly. Engineer-required scans are mandatory before any penetration.
Why Vancouver property managers choose Leak.ca
- Multi-frequency antennas — From 1.6 GHz (high-resolution surface scans of rebar at 5 cm) to 200 MHz (subsurface mapping past 5 metres). Right antenna for the job — not one frequency forced on every project.
- Non-destructive — zero damage — GPR sees through concrete, soil, asphalt, and most surfaces without coring, cutting, or digging. The cleanest possible diagnostic.
- Real-time + CAD-ready deliverables — We mark targets on the surface for your crew on the spot, then deliver CAD-importable maps for engineering and as-built records.
- Combined with EM locator — GPR finds what EM can't (plastic pipes, voids, rebar, tanks) — EM finds what GPR can't (live energised lines). We run both, on every utility-locate job.
- Cross-trained with acoustic + thermal — GPR is one of five technologies in our diagnostic toolkit. We deploy whichever fits the problem — or all three together for complex jobs.
- WorkSafe BC compliant — Proper damage prevention practice for excavation. Our reports support your duty-of-care obligations and reduce hit-utility liability.
- Engineering-grade documentation — Reports are accepted by structural engineers, civil engineers, environmental consultants, and BC's largest insurers. PDF + DWG/DXF deliverables.
- 25+ years across BC — Operating across British Columbia since 1999 — from single-residence slab scans to multi-hectare municipal utility maps.