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Lake Sherwood · Slab leaks
Slab leak repair
in Lake Sherwood
Slab leak repair in Lake Sherwood, ten minutes, over the hill from the shop in Westlake Village. Most houses built in the Conejo Valley between 1965 and 1990 sit on a concrete slab with the copper water lines run through it. That copper is now fifty years old, and slab leaks are what happens next.
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Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. You get the price before we start, and nobody here is on commission. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Licensed
CSLB #339618
Insured
Bonded and insured
Since 1977
49 years, two generations
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In Lake Sherwood
What this job looks like
in Lake Sherwood
Lake Sherwood makes a slab leak harder to spot, because a property here has lines running out to a guest house, the pool equipment and the irrigation, and any one of them can turn the meter and lift a bill the same way. So we isolate the house from the outbuildings and from the irrigation first, then hot from cold, and narrow it to a line. Where it is under concrete, the leak-locating specialist we work with listens through the slab and marks the spot before anything is cut. Then a spot repair at that mark or a reroute overhead. Any permit goes through Ventura County.
Streets and pockets we work in: Sherwood Country Club, the lake, the Hidden Valley edge, the older lakeside streets.
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The job
How it goes
A slab leak is a water line leaking under or inside the foundation. Copper under concrete fails from the outside, where the pipe touches soil or the slab itself, and from the inside, where high water pressure and hard water wear it thin. Hot lines go first, because hot water is harder on copper. The tells are a warm patch on the floor, a meter that keeps turning, a bill that has jumped, or a sound of running water with nothing on.
Finding it is the first job, and it is done from above. We isolate the line with the meter and gauges, then bring in the leak-locating specialist we have used for years to listen for it through the slab and mark the spot to within a foot or so, along with any post-tensioned cables in the concrete. Then there are two ways to fix it. A spot repair opens the floor at the mark, cuts out the failed section and puts in new pipe. A reroute abandons the line under the slab and runs a new one overhead, through the attic and down the wall, so nothing is left in the concrete to fail again.
Which one is right comes down to the condition of the rest of the line. One leak on a line that is otherwise sound is a spot repair. A second leak on the same line within a year or two means the pipe itself is done, and rerouting it is cheaper than opening the floor a third time. We tell you which situation you are in, and why, before you decide.
Call if
What you notice,
and what it usually is
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A warm patch on the floor
A hot line leaking under the slab. The most common slab leak there is.
02
The meter turns with everything off
A pressurized leak somewhere. If nothing is visible, the slab is the usual place.
03
Damp carpet or lifting flooring, no fixture near it
Water coming up through the slab.
04
The water heater runs all the time
Hot water leaving through a leak, so the tank never catches up.
05
A second leak a few months after the first
The line is failing. Time to talk about a reroute.
How it goes
Four steps, and you have the price at step three
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You call
Danny picks up when he can, and calls back the same day. Tell him what it is doing and where.
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We look
We come out, find the cause and show you. In plain words, with the part in our hand where there is one.
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You get a price
Before anything starts. Repairs are our time plus parts, and the bigger jobs get a written bid. Nobody here is on commission.
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We do the work
Small repairs are usually done the same visit. Bigger jobs get a start date and a number of days, and we hold to it. Done to code, permitted where it needs it, the house left the way we found it.
Common questions
Slab leaks in Lake Sherwood: things people ask
- Do you go through the gate at Sherwood?
- Yes. We call ahead with the truck and the name so the gate is expecting us. If you have an estate manager, they can set it up with us directly.
- How fast can you get to Lake Sherwood?
- Ten minutes over the hill from Westlake Village, so same day is usually realistic. For planned work on a large house we come out first and walk it.
- Do you have to break up the floor?
- For a spot repair, one opening about the size of a coffee table, at the mark. For a reroute, no floor is opened at all: the new line runs overhead and comes down the wall.
- How long is the water off?
- A spot repair is usually one day. A reroute of one line is one to two days, and the water is only off while the new line is connected at each end.
- Will my insurance cover a slab leak?
- Many policies cover the damage and the access work, and not the pipe. Check yours. We document the leak with photographs and give you a written scope, which is what the adjuster asks for.
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What people say
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“Dan is consistent. Professional, on time, only does what is needed, experienced, easy to work with, clean, and smart.”
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Slab leaks · Lake Sherwood
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Describe the symptom and you will usually have an answer in two minutes. You get the price before any work starts. Ten minutes, over the hill from the shop. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.