Denver Leak Detection And Repair

We start by isolating which part of the system is losing water, using pressure testing rather than guesswork. From there, acoustic listening equipment follows the sound of escaping water through pipe, soil, and concrete to its loudest point, and thermal imaging reads the temperature difference a leak creates behind a finished surface. Most leaks are pinpointed before anything is opened, and the opening we do make is sized to the repair.

Shut off every fixture, then watch the water meter. If it is still moving, you have a leak. Next, close the main shutoff where the water enters the house and watch the meter again. If it keeps moving with the main closed, the leak is in the buried service line between the meter and the house. If it stops, the leak is somewhere inside. That one test saves a lot of time and it is the first thing we ask when you call.

Less common than in warmer parts of the country, because a large share of Denver homes have a basement rather than slab on grade construction. They do happen, mostly in slab on grade ranches, in additions built on a slab, and in some newer builds. The usual signs are a warm spot on the floor, the sound of water running underfoot, tile cracking with no impact, and a bill that jumped. Where we find one, rerouting the line above the slab is often less disruptive than opening the concrete.

A toilet flapper, by a wide margin. A worn flapper lets tank water run continuously into the bowl and straight down the drain, so nothing is ever visible and nothing is ever heard. Put a few drops of food coloring in the tank, leave it twenty minutes without flushing, and check whether color has reached the bowl. After that, irrigation lines and the buried water service are the next most likely, in that order.

Policies commonly cover sudden and accidental water damage while excluding damage from a leak that was gradual or from deferred maintenance, but the terms vary and the decision belongs to your carrier rather than to us. What we can tell you is that documentation matters. We identify the source, describe what failed, and give you the findings in writing, which is the information an adjuster asks for. We are not insurance advisors and we do not file or negotiate claims.

Both. Some companies charge to locate a leak and then hand you a report to take to somebody else. We locate it and repair it under one licensed plumbing contractor, quoted as one written price you approve before work begins. Where a repair also touches electrical, we hold that license too, so it does not turn into a second contractor and a second trip.

That pattern usually points at something systemic rather than at each individual pipe. High static water pressure is the most common cause, and pressure above eighty psi stresses every joint and connection in the house until the weakest one fails, then the next. Aging galvanized supply and past freeze damage are the other two. We test static pressure on every leak call for exactly this reason, because fixing the sixth pinhole without fixing the pressure just schedules the seventh.

Where the scope requires it, yes. A straightforward repair to an accessible line generally does not require a permit, while water service replacement, repiping, and work involving the meter or the main do. We tell you which category the job falls into before we start, we pull what is required through the City and County of Denver or the applicable suburban jurisdiction, and we meet the inspector.