Strata Leak Detection in Kelowna, BC

Lakefront estates with pools and extensive irrigation, orchard and vineyard parcels, and a fast-rising downtown tower skyline. Each era brought its own leak patterns — piping materials, deck assemblies, envelope details — and a Kelowna strata file starts with that context: knowing what a building of its vintage tends to do is half the diagnostic head start.

For buried common property — site services, irrigation, parkade perimeter drainage — yes: dry glaciolacustrine silts and sandy benches — classic Okanagan GPR country ground shapes where escaping water travels and whether it ever surfaces. Dry silts and sands give the deepest, cleanest GPR returns in BC — 3–4 m is routine. Irrigation saturation creates local wet anomalies that are themselves diagnostic of leaks. That's factored into how we investigate below-grade strata losses here.

Province-wide pricing — no regional premium for Kelowna or anywhere in the Okanagan. Single investigations start in the low-to-mid hundreds; larger properties and multi-system files are quoted by scope. The free phone consult (604-239-9934) produces a firm number in about five minutes. Mon–Sat, 8am–6pm PT.

By tracing the path, not guessing from geometry. Water travels along slabs, pipes, and assemblies before it shows — the unit below a stain is a suspect, not a conclusion. We investigate the plumbing stacks, fixture zones, and assemblies above with thermal, moisture mapping, and controlled testing until the source pins. The written determination is specific: this unit, this fixture or assembly, this failure.

That's a council decision shaped by the Strata Property Act, the strata's bylaws, and where the source lands (common property vs in-unit). What we contribute: a clean source determination that makes the cost conversation factual instead of political. Many councils commission the investigation as common expense, then allocate per the findings and their bylaws.