Leak Detection & Repair in Nampa, ID
Finding the leak without opening the whole wall is the skill. The repair is the easy part.
What goes wrong
A visible leak is a repair. A hidden leak is a search, and the search is where the cost lives. A water bill that climbed for no reason, a warm patch on a slab floor, a stain on a ceiling two rooms from any plumbing: the water shows up somewhere other than where it left the pipe, which is why guessing is expensive.
How we handle it
We locate before we open anything. Pressure testing, acoustic listening and thermal comparison narrow it down to a section rather than a room, and that is the difference between one patch of drywall and a wall. Then we quote the repair with the leak already found, so the number covers work rather than looking.
What is included
- Pressure testing to confirm a leak exists and which system it is on
- Acoustic and thermal locating for slab and in-wall leaks
- Pinpointing before any demolition
- Repair of the failed section, and repiping where the failure is not isolated
- Advice on whether the surrounding pipe is likely to follow
What it costs
Locating is quoted separately from repair, because they are genuinely different work. You will know the cost of the search before it starts and the cost of the repair before we open anything.
What this covers
The work that falls under leak detection, as listed on our Google Business Profile.
- Leak Detection & Repair
- Leak Detection Services
- Leak Repair Services
- Leaking Water Main Repairs
- Pipe Leak Detection Services
- Plumbing leak detection
- Plumbing leak repair
- Slab Leak Repairs
- Water Leak Detection Services
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Leak Detection questions
Not answered here? Call and describe what you are seeing. We will tell you what it needs before anyone comes out.
(208) 870-0148How do I know I have a hidden leak?
The clearest test is the meter test. Turn off every fixture in the house, then check whether the water meter is still moving. If it is, water is going somewhere. Other signals are a bill that rose without a change in habits, a warm spot on a slab floor, a musty smell with no visible source, or the sound of running water when nothing is on.
Can you find a leak without cutting into walls?
In most cases yes, at least well enough to avoid exploratory demolition. Acoustic equipment hears pressurised water escaping, and thermal comparison shows where a hot line is losing water. We still have to open the wall to make the repair, but we open one section rather than searching along a run.
Is a slab leak worth repairing or should the house be repiped?
It depends on whether the failure is isolated or the start of a pattern. One damaged section from a rock or a nail is a repair. Pinhole failures in copper, or a second leak within a year or two, usually mean the pipe is failing along its length, and repeated slab repairs cost more than rerouting the line. We will tell you which pattern yours looks like.
Related services
- Repiping & Water Line ReplacementWhen a house starts leaking in a second place, the pipe is telling you something about the rest of it.
- Emergency PlumberSomeone answers, day or night, and tells you what it costs before we touch anything.
- Plumbing Repairs & ReplacementsThe general call, for the problems that do not fit neatly into a category.