Do your hear water running in your home, yet none of the plumbing fixtures are being used? It is a good possibility you have a water leak under your home’s concrete slab foundation. Most homes 10 years or older have this common problem. Slab leaks can become a very serious problem requiring a complicated repair if not attended to immediately.
Water leaks under slab, slab leaks, sub-slab fresh water leaks occur when water pipes below the foundation break from the ground shifting, defects within the pipe or the age of the copper pipes. Some ways to detect a fresh water slab leak is water protrusion from the slab or ground, noise of running water in walls or at fixtures, hot spot on flooring, consistent water meter movement, high water bill, or foundation movement.
At Levy & Son we employ highly skilled, experienced, licensed professional plumbers with video cameras, line tracking equipment, listening devices, and sound magnification equipment to help them locate the exact problem of any piping below ground, concrete, or other paved surface to find concealed leaks. Thickness of the concrete foundation and depth of the piping are critical factors in the difficulty that is encountered sometimes in location of the leak and making necessary repairs. Before any foundation work has been performed it is necessary to conduct a static test on the sanitary sewer system. This is done by simply plugging the home or building’s sewer, filling the line with water, and monitoring the level. If the water level appears to be dropping, which would indicate a leak, an isolation process is performed with the use of a camera and plugging sections of the system while monitoring the level. Also testing of the water supply system would be conducted. This is done by pressurizing the system, temporarily turning off the water supply source, and monitoring the pressure gauge. If pressure loss is indicated, isolation is performed with compressedair, sound detection equipment, line tracing equipment, and water pressure. At Levy & Son we perform these tests both before and after the repairs to make sure the job gets done right the first time. If you feel you have a leak call us before its too late. Don’t delay call Levy & Son today!