Water leaks can be extremely damaging to your home if they are left undetected, but trying to find them yourself may result in even more damage. Before you send a sledgehammer through the wall searching for your water leak, consider non-invasive methods of finding it. True Plumbers & AC has the leak detection tools to pinpoint even the smallest leaks in your home.
Some of the most common indications of a water leak in your home are:
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An increase in your water bill
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Water meter changes
There are more of them in the signs that you may have a water leak and in these early leak detection tips. Once you know you have one, what to do after a water leak walks through the next steps in order.
Non-Invasive Leak Detection & How it is Performed
Non-invasive leak detection is the best way to find a water issue without destroying your home. Leak detection tools help plumbers know where to repair your leak and create the least amount of damage necessary.
To start, your plumbing system is pressurized with helium or hydrogen. Using a specialized tool, we look for places in your home where the gas has escaped. This quick and easy method of detecting leaks can be used to find various leaks, including:
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Under asphalt
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Under concrete, where a line running through the slab needs slab leak repair. The clues of a slab leak are easy to miss until the floor feels warm.
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In walls, where a single pinhole may only need a leaky pipe repaired rather than replaced, while a line that keeps failing points to whole home repiping.
This non-invasive method helps homeowners detect leaks that are not obvious, without ripping up floors and breaking down walls. It can be a frustrating situation when a water leak is in your home, but we will locate and repair it without destroying the place. If the leak has already soaked drywall or flooring, we handle the water damage restoration as well, and how leak detection services help homeowners explains what that visit looks like.
Get a Free Consultation From One of Our Water Leak Detection Experts
Water leaks are not the only home-damaging situation lurking under your concrete slab or in your walls. There are a number of other issues that can remain hidden until they develop into an even more major and expensive problem.
Ask us about camera inspections, which find the cracked or root-filled lines behind a sewer backup and the saturated ground of a failing septic drain field. Contact us at (863) 667-6364 for a consultation. We serve Lakeland, Plant City, Winter Haven, and the surrounding areas, and a burst line after hours goes to our emergency plumbing team.
Detect water leaks as early as possible and avoid the extra cost and headache of having one issue fester into a much larger and potentially devastating one.
