Residential plumbing
Leak Detection & Repair
Finding a leak before it becomes a bigger repair, then fixing the pipe that actually failed, not just the symptom on the surface.
Chapter 01
The warning signs a slab leak gives before it floods anything
A water bill that climbs with no new fixture running, a warm patch on a tile or slab floor that has nothing to do with the sun coming through a window, or a spot on drywall that stays damp no matter how many times it gets wiped down are usually the first signs of a leak that is not visible yet. None of those signs show up where the actual failure is. The pipe is behind a wall or under the slab, and by the time something shows on the surface, water has often been finding its way out for a while.
The sound test still works too. With every fixture in the house off, a water meter that keeps turning, or a faint running-water sound carrying through a quiet room, points to a leak somewhere in the supply lines rather than anywhere visible.
Illustration of copper and supply lines beneath a sink cabinet
Fixing slab leaks and hidden pipe damage
LT Plumbing is a Certified Plumbing Contractor with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, License No. CFC1431822, and its leak detection work covers supply lines, the main water service line, shutoff valves, and the corroded fittings and aging copper that tend to fail first in an older Florida home.
Where the fix is a targeted repair, that is what gets done. Where a section of pipe has failed to the point that patching the same spot again would not hold, LT Plumbing will talk through larger re-piping instead of coming back out for the same leak next year. Every job gets a free, written estimate before any work begins, so the scope is on paper before anyone agrees to it.
When a second opinion saves thousands, not just dollars
A leak diagnosis is only as good as the plumber making it, and the gap between a right read and a wrong one can be the difference between a small repair and a system nobody needed to replace. One Google review below describes exactly that gap.
LT Plumbing gives a free written estimate before any work begins. Call (941) 729-1111.
A pipe that has failed once under a slab is rarely the only weak spot in an older supply line. When corroded fittings or aging copper keep showing up job after job, trenchless re-piping can settle the question for good instead of chasing the next leak down the same wall.
“Had a leak in the bathroom. A local plumber misdiagnosed the issue and handed me an elaborate solution estimated at $13K. LT Plumbing has done some terrific work at my employer, so, I contacted them for a second opinion. Ryan from LT came over and had the problem solved for about $500. LT Plumbing and especially Ryan, are excellent.”
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