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Practical knowledge on water protection

Hands-on articles on prevention, emergency response, installation questions and the fundamentals of modern leak protection.

Person checking water damage on the floor

6 July 2026 · 6 min read

Water damage — what to do?

Water damage is the costliest — and most common — incident in a household. What you do in the first few minutes decides how bad it gets. A practical guide for the emergency, and how Aqua-Scope prevents it from happening in the first place.

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Old main water meter with corroded shut-off valves

6 July 2026 · 5 min read

Where to shut off? The right point for your main valve

As close to the inlet as possible — but touch the wrong valve and you risk trouble with the water utility. Where exactly the right shut-off point sits, and when an alternative valve is smarter.

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Water drop on a pipe — the signature of a microleakage

6 July 2026 · 6 min read

Microleakages — the silent enemy behind the wall

Tiny water losses in cisterns, valves or pipe joints — often unnoticed for months. Why microleakages hurt both your building fabric and your water bill, and how Aqua-Scope finds them automatically.

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A damaged pipe — the most frequent piped-water damage causes

7 July 2026 · 7 min read

The most frequent causes of piped-water damage

About 40 % of all piped-water damage is caused by installation and assembly mistakes. Based on the IFS damage-cause statistics, this article shows where problems occur most often — and how many of them can be prevented.

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Modern sustainable building with a green glass facade — a symbol of BREEAM-certified construction

12 July 2026 · 6 min read

BREEAM Wat 03: How Aqua-Scope meets the leak-detection requirements

BREEAM is one of the world’s leading certification schemes for sustainable buildings. Credit Wat 03 requires a permanent, automated leak-detection system — this article explains how Aqua-Scope technology covers requirements 1.a through 1.f.

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