A leak behind a wall or under a floor stays out of sight. Clues include a water bill that creeps up, a faint hiss when every fixture is off, a patch of floor warm to bare feet and a ceiling stain that keeps spreading. We arrange a plumber to locate the leak and fix it.
This page explains how a leak is traced, the places it can hide and what the repair involves once it is found.
Reading the water meter comes first. If its leak indicator is still turning after the taps and appliances have been shut off, water is escaping somewhere. Closing valves one at a time then narrows it to the house or to the line from the meter.
Each section of piping is isolated and pressurized to see which one loses pressure. That points the search to one part of the house before anything is opened.
Acoustic equipment picks up the hiss of water escaping under a floor or behind drywall, and a thermal camera shows a hot water leak as a warm spot. Together they mark where to open.
Concrete hides the pipe, so the choice is between going through it and going around it. Going through means a small cut in the slab right over the leak. Going around means retiring that buried section and running a fresh line through the walls or attic.
Once the leak is found, the plumber opens only the area needed, replaces the damaged length and pressure tests the line before it is closed up. When several leaks turn up on the same pipe, rerouting or replacing that run can make more sense than another patch.
A leak on the water service line in the yard can show up as a soggy strip of lawn or as low pressure throughout the house. The plumber confirms it with a meter test and repairs or replaces the line.
Several leaks on the same pipe are a sign to ask about repiping, and a burst that is flooding a room needs an emergency call. Our homepage gathers all seven services in one place.
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