Plumbing
Slab Leaks, Repiping & Gas Lines
The pipes you cannot see are the ones that cause the most damage. Slab leaks, failing supply lines and gas work, located properly before anybody starts cutting concrete.
24 hours a day, 7 days a week · CSLB #902886 · Serving Perris and Riverside County since 2007
What we do
- Slab leak location using pressure testing and listening equipment
- Spot repair where the leak is isolated and the rest of the system is sound
- Reroute above the slab where opening the concrete does not make sense
- Whole-home repiping in copper or PEX
- Leak detection inside walls and ceilings
- Gas line installation, extension and repair
- Gas leak location and pressure testing
- Extraction, drying and rebuild when the leak already caused damage
Finding it before cutting anything
A slab leak means a pressurized water line under the concrete foundation has failed. The water has nowhere to go, so it saturates the soil under the slab and works its way up through flooring and into wall bases.
The job is locating it accurately. Pressure isolation narrows down which line is involved, and acoustic equipment finds where along that line the leak sits. Cutting concrete based on a guess is how a small repair turns into a large one.
Repair, reroute or repipe
Three real options and they are not interchangeable. A spot repair opens the slab at the leak and fixes that section, which is the least invasive when the rest of the plumbing is in good shape.
A reroute abandons the line under the slab and runs a new one through the attic or the walls, which avoids the concrete entirely. A full repipe replaces the supply system throughout the house.
Which one is right depends on the age and material of the existing pipe and whether this is the first leak or the third. A house on its third slab leak in two years is telling you something about the whole system, and patching it a third time is not listening.
Gas is not a place to save money
Gas line work requires a licensed contractor, correct materials, proper sizing for the load, and a pressure test. It is permitted work and it gets inspected for a good reason.
If you smell gas, leave the building first and call the gas company from outside. Do not flip switches on your way out. We can handle the repair once the line is made safe.
Signs of a slab leak
- A water bill that jumped with no change in how you use water
- The sound of running water when everything is turned off
- A warm spot on the floor, which usually means the hot line
- Cracked or lifting flooring over the slab
- Damp carpet or baseboards with no visible source
- Low water pressure that came on gradually
- A musty smell near a wall or in a closet
- New cracks in the slab, walls or driveway
How it works
What happens after you call
- 1
Confirm and locate
Pressure testing tells us there is a leak and which line. Acoustic equipment tells us where. Nothing gets opened until we know.
- 2
Lay out the options
Spot repair, reroute or repipe, with the honest cost and disruption of each, and which one we would pick if it were our house.
- 3
Do the work
Repair or new pipe installed, pressure tested and, where required, permitted and inspected.
- 4
Handle the damage
If the leak wet the flooring or the walls, extraction, drying and rebuild happen under the same license.
Questions
Straight answers
If yours is not here, call and ask. We would rather explain it than have you guess.
How do you find a leak under concrete without digging up the floor?
Pressure isolation narrows it to a specific line, then acoustic listening equipment picks up the sound of water escaping under pressure and locates it along that run. The concrete only gets opened at the spot once we are confident where it is.
Is a slab leak covered by insurance?
Policies commonly cover the resulting damage, meaning the flooring and drywall, while excluding the cost of the pipe repair itself, and many require access work to get to it. It varies enough by policy that you should read yours and talk to your adjuster. We document the damage either way.
Should I repipe or just fix the leak?
First leak in an otherwise healthy system, a spot repair is usually reasonable. Repeat leaks in the same house point at the system rather than the spot, and at that point you are paying for repairs on a pipe that is going to keep failing. We will tell you which category you are in.
Copper or PEX for a repipe?
Both are code-approved and both are used widely. PEX is flexible, resists the pinhole corrosion that hard water causes in copper, and installs with fewer connections. Copper has a long track record and some homeowners simply prefer it. We will walk through the tradeoff for your house rather than push one.
How long does a repipe take?
A typical single-family home usually runs a few days for the pipe work, plus drywall patching and paint afterward. Water is off for parts of it but generally not the entire time.
Can you do gas lines for a pool heater, range or fire pit?
Yes. Gas line extension for appliances is standard work under our C-36 classification. Sizing matters, because adding a load to a line that cannot carry it starves everything on the system.
Where we work
We are based in Perris and work across Riverside County.
Perris · Menifee · Moreno Valley · Sun City · Lake Elsinore · Canyon Lake · Nuevo · Homeland · Romoland · Hemet · Riverside · Murrieta · Temecula · Wildomar
Damage does not wait. Neither do we.
Call now and talk to someone who can get a crew moving.
24 hours a day, 7 days a week · Licensed, bonded and insured · CSLB #902886