Darius Follows the Water Trail and Uncovers Hidden Time Bombs in the Roof
You’d think 30ml per minute wouldn’t be a big deal — but give it enough time, and you’ve got a collapsed ceiling, soaked timber flooring, and a very stressed customer.
This job was one for the books. Darius was called out to inspect ongoing water damage with no obvious source. What he found was a classic Perth plumbing nightmare.
🔍 What Darius Found
• Ceiling collapsed with a bucket catching the steady drip
• Water bubbling up through timber flooring around the waste
• Shower above looked fine — but it wasn’t the real culprit
• External plumbing sealed poorly (not the issue, but yikes)
• Dodgy PEX piping up the wall and into the roof
💬 “This was the plumbing equivalent of ‘Where’s Wally’ — but with water.” Classic signs where water leak detection is required.
🔧 How He Solved It
• Pressure tested the upstairs plumbing
• Found a puddle sitting in the roof space
• Cut and capped two suspicious water feeds
• Then found kinked PEX pipes with no elbows — dangerously installed and likely to fail
• Identified the root issue and recommended future-proofing the rest
✅ Pro tip: Poor installation = guaranteed future disaster. Don’t wait for the pipes to let go!