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Leak detection & repair

A leak you can see is a repair. A leak you cannot see is a repair plus a floor, plus a subfloor, plus whatever the water found on the way down. We find them first.

Found, then fixed

Most of the leaks we're called for are somewhere nobody wants to go — under the house, under a slab, behind a wall. Locating it accurately is most of the job: it's the difference between opening one section of floor and opening four.

Once we've found it, we'll show you what we found and explain the options — the immediate repair, and whether the surrounding run is close enough to failure that it's worth doing at the same time.

  • Slab leak location and repair
  • Crawlspace and under-house leaks
  • Behind-wall and ceiling leaks
  • Supply, waste and irrigation line leaks
  • Pressure loss and high-water-bill investigation
  • Repair scoped and explained before work begins
Water in a crawlspace, located during a leak investigation
Warning signs

When it's worth having someone look

The water bill jumped

A bill that climbs with no change in habits is the most common first sign of a leak on the supply side.

You can hear running water

Water audible when every fixture in the house is off almost always means a leak somewhere in the line.

Warm or damp spots on the floor

A warm patch on a slab floor usually points at a hot water line leaking underneath it.

Musty smell, or mold at the baseboard

Smell often arrives before any visible water does — especially with slow leaks under the house.

Pressure has dropped off

Fixtures that used to run strong and now don't can indicate a failing line or a leak upstream of the house.

Standing water in the crawlspace

If you've been under the house and found water, don't wait on it — the structure gets expensive fast.

Think you have a leak?

Free estimate, and no charge to come out and diagnose. The sooner it's located, the smaller the repair.