Looking for a simple way to locate hot water pipes behind your wall?

Depending of the location of your hot water cylinder, the hot water pipes may run behind a wall in an area you would least expect. Water leaks do occur on the ‘hot water side’ of the cylinder (as opposed to the mains cold water side), so a leak in your wall isn’t always caused from the usual suspects like window leaks, cladding penetrations or roof leaks … it may be the hot water pipes causing the problem.

Here’s a thermal imaging photo of hot water pipe behind a wall….